The school of the prophets had outgrown their facility and headed to the forest to cut timber for their building expansion. They invited the prophet Elisha and he agreed. As a servant was cutting a tree the axe head flew off the handle and sank into the river. This metaphorically warns us about flying off the handle in anger or losing our cutting edge in our serving faith. Next the prophet overcomes Syrian invaders with grace.
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