"YOU ARE AN AXE HANDLE"

 *YOU’RE AN AXE HANDLE*

2 KINGS 6:1-7

_“But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed”_ (2 Kin. 6:5).

There are many similarities between an axe and us. The axe handle is made of wood, which is the same substance that the axe is designed to cut. But wood can’t cut wood. It’s the axe head, which is made of iron that does the cutting. However, the axe head is unproductive without the axe handle.

*We are like the axe handle*. In our humanity, we’re incapable of felling the problems in our lives. It takes something much stronger than us to topple our challenges. *The anointing of God is the axe head. It’s the power that cuts through the difficulties of life*. The power of the axe head is dependent on the axe handle. Without the handle, the axe head does nothing. And without the axe head, the handle is powerless. It’s not just God’s “sovereignty” that determines what happens in our lives. Although, it cer-

tainly isn’t our efforts, independent of God, that bring victory. *We must have God’s ability joined to our availability to strike the blow that defeats the devil.*

An axe handle attaches to the head through a hole in which it slips through. Then the handle has to be split by putting a wedge in the top of it. This fixes the handle in place through pressure 

against the sides of the axe head.

Likewise, *the only way we can hold on to the power of God in our lives is to have a clear split between our confidence in ourselves and our confidence in God*. The greater the distinction be-

tween these two, the more secure the axe head.