Regaining the cutting edge
2 Kings 6:1-7
- A good desire (vs 1-4) – Is Jesus still your first love. When we stop progressing we begin to regress. Paul pressed on in Philippians 3:12-14 to achieve the crown of righteousness. There are crowns for us to win. How are you going to give an account for how you have lived your Christian life? We are saved, but there are still rewards to be won. We are told to store up treasures in heaven. The prophets here were focusing on the future. Paul says 1 Corinthians 3 that we should build on the foundation of Jesus and our work will be tested. There is a correlation between crowns and Christlike character. We need to ask, “What would Jesus do?” We are not working up our salvation but working it out (outwards).
- A grevious declaration (vs 5) – Are you aware of your axehead coming lose? What are you doing about it? Jesus does not rebuked us for the messes we get into, He calls us to come to Him. Here we see:
- The axe was borrowed – life is full of things we cannot control. We do not need to face life alone. Jesus is waiting for us to call out to Him.
- We need to interpret Scripture with Scripture – look back at Exodus 15:25. The branch here symbolises Jesus on the cross. We can recieve a personal miracle by reaching out and receiving from Jesus.
- A gracious deliverance (vs 6-7) – We can get our cutting edge back today. We need to fan into flame and do not neglect the gift of God within us (2 Timothy 1:6; Timothy 4:14). Consider:
- Where was it lost?
- Confess wrong thoughts
- The condition your axehead