GOD IS KIND
07th Oct 2015
Whilst reading 2 Kings 6, I was struck by the incident of the axehead drama. The story goes, “As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axehead fell into the water. “Oh my lord, he cried out, it was borrowed!” The man of God asked, “Where did it fall?” When he showed him the place, Elisha cut a stick and threw it there, and made the iron float.” The man recovered the lost axehead and was able to give it back to the owner.
Why is such a story recorded in Scripture? I believe it is to demonstrate that God is interested in the smallest detail of our lives. We will always pray when we are facing moments of great crisis, but we can easily fret and worry about the small things in life, without asking God to help us and to meet that seemingly trivial need.
Some years ago we were taking a walk on Brean Down, Somerset and had parked our car on the beach. During the walk, the car keys fell out of my pocket and upon returning to the car, I discovered their loss. The problem was that the tide was rising and the car was in danger of being lost under the sea. The spare keys were in Bristol in my daughter’s flat! It would not have been possible to make the journey to fetch them before we lost the car. We prayed and then phoned, not knowing whether anyone would be in the flat. A person who our daughter did not know, answered the phone, found the spare keys, and when asked whether there was any way she could get them to us, told us that she was just about to drive home, and she had to drive past the beach where we were stranded on her way!
Jesus encouraged his disciples to, “Ask and you will receive, seek and you will find, knock and the door will open.”
Oh, what peace we often forfeit,
Oh, what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not carry
Everything to God in prayer!
by Charles Sibthorpe
