Retrieval System

Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “Behold now, the place before you where we are living is too limited for us. Please let us go to the Jordan and each of us take from there a beam, and let us make a place there for ourselves where we may live.” So he said, “Go.” Then one said, “Please be willing to go with your servants.” And he answered, “I shall go.” So he went with them; and when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees. But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water; and he cried out and said, “Alas, my master! For it was borrowed.” Then the man of God said, “Where did it fall?” And when he showed him the place, he cut off a stick and threw it in there, and made the iron float. (Second Kings 6:1-6)

There are times in our lives where we need a miracle, or where we know of someone else who needs a miracle. In those moments, we can take encouragement in the testimony of Scripture. In the Bible we see that the power and anointing of God can cause the miraculous to occur. In the Second Kings 6 passage, the response of iron in water was transformed: the thing that would normally sink was made to float.

What is our “axe head”? What are the things in our lives that have been lost? Things borrowed? Things owned? Lost dreams? Lost desires? Expectations that fell so far that we assumed they were irretrievable?

“Then the man of God said, ‘Where did it fall?’” (Second Kings 6:6a)

Today, let’s appeal to God for deliverance. Let’s petition Him regarding the places where we have lost things that we need to recover. Let’s be open to His leading, trusting that He has not lost the power to do what seems impossible. Let’s even be open to His using people as instruments of His power, just as He used Elisha. Who knows? He might even use us.

Lord, we are Your people. Please see us, please hear us, as we point to the places where we’ve lost things of value. God, have mercy on us: restore to us our property, our dreams, our longings, things we had borrowed, and things we have owned. Equip us with a believing faith in You. We know that You still have people on the earth who, like Elisha, believe and execute the miraculous. Lord, we thank You for the chance to see Your power at work. And, Lord, we stand ready to participate. Axe head, we call you to submit to the power of God: float to the surface today. We pray in the name of Christ Jesus, our Deliverer. Amen.