Jordan River Miracle

I really like reading II Kings 6:1-7. It is a miracle that combines the practical with the spiritual.

Here you have Elisha’s protégées who want to relocate, probably because there were more prophets-in-training than there was room to house them. So they all go to the Jordan River and cut down nearby trees to build a new home.

While one guy is working, his axe head falls into the Jordan River. He is dismayed because he had borrowed it.

Now, we are not talking 21^st century America with a Home Depot nearby with a big supply of axe heads. At that time, an axe head would have cost a lot of time to make and was not easily replaced.

It is one thing to lose something of your own, but it is quite another matter to lose a valuable object that does not belong to you.  

Elisha did not blink an eye, but caused the axe head to rise to the surface of the water by throwing a stick into the water. 

How did the stick cause the axe head to float? I don’t know. That is why we call it a miracle. 

The Holy Spirit (God in action) should affect the practical aspects of our daily lives. When we are involved in even the most mundane chores, the miraculous is never far away!