Read chapter 6
This is the twelfth miracle of Elisha making an ax head float. Iron doesn't float. These prophets go to manual labor to build more room for them to dwell (even prophets should not be unwilling to work and do honest labor for themselves and each other). This one man so respected the axe which he borrowed that it was a such a horror to him that it came apart and seemed lost, so he cried out to Elisha. Elisha doesn't just say "Go swim for it," or "That's what you get for not taking proper care," but immediately responds to the issue. This may seem like a random ho-hum thing but also shows even little things matter to the Lord.As John Newton put it,
"Not one concern of ours is small
if we belong to Him;
to teach us this, the Lord of all
Once made the iron to swim."
What is something small you haven't gone to the Lord for thinking He doesn't have time for "petty" things? Pray now!
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