II Kings 6:6-7 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. “Lift it out,” he said. Then the man reached out his hand and took it.

Elisha is referred to repeatedly in II Kings as “the man of God” and his adult life was characterized by miracles. Things had not always been that way. But he had been a “student” of Elijah the prophet and witnessed similar exploits by Elijah.  When Elijah was taken up to heaven, Elisha had been on that final journey with him – he saw him go up just as they crossed over the Jordan River together.

As a last wish Elisha had asked of Elijah: “Let me inherit a double portion of your spirit”. Elijah had responded: “You have asked a difficult thing, yet if you see me when I am taken from you, it will be yours – otherwise, it will not.” As they walked and talked together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them. Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind . Elisha exclaimed in wonder: “My father! My father! The chariots and horsemen of Israel!”  Elisha then picked up Elijah’s cloak which had fallen from him and went back to the Jordan to cross over and rejoin the company of prophets they had left behind. He struck the water with Elijah’s coat just as he had seen him do, but his trust was not in the cloak for he said: “Where now is the Lord, the God of Elijah?” It was the power of God that parted the water. (See II Kings 2: 1-14).

The parting of the water was Elisha’s confirmation that the same spirit of God that was on Elijah was now upon him. That is why the axe head floated! There was and is no logic to explain how tossing a stick into a river could cause something as heavy as an axe head to float. Let faith arise in your heart and allow the Spirit of God in you to rise up and claim victory over the impossible situation you are facing. God has a way of giving substance to the things you reach out to him for by faith.