Elisha & The Floating Axe

The Chosen People

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Judaism, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 2 September 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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# 228 - Elisha & The Floating Axe - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, a borrowed axe sinks in the Jordan and an army surrounds the city—but Elisha shows that God cares for both the smallest loss and the greatest threat. This is a story of trust, vision, and the unseen power that lifts what we thought was gone.Episode 228 of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-upFor more information about Yael Eckstein and IFCJ visit https://www.ifcj.org/who-we-are?utm_source=prayToday's opening prayer is inspired by Job 5:9, He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app.Show Notes:(01:11) Intro with Yael Eckstein(02:10) Elisha & The Floating Axe(21:54) Reflection with Yael Eckstein See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Previously on the chosen people.
0:04.1	Because the arrow by itself is nothing.
0:08.5	It's weak. It's pathetic.
0:11.4	But if that same arrow rests in the hands of a skilled archer...
0:17.3	It flies true.
0:19.3	I've never been powerful, Elisha. I have never been powerful, Elisha.
0:22.6	I have never been great.
0:25.6	I am an old, tired man.
0:29.6	The wind stirred.
0:31.6	Elisha sucked in a sharp breath.
0:34.6	The river whispered before him, waiting. The choice was his. He exhaled,
0:43.2	stood, stepped forward, and lifted the mantle high. His voice rang out, steady and unchanged,
0:52.0	but no longer uncertain. Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, but no longer uncertain.
1:01.2	Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, God of Joseph and Moses, God of Elijah.
1:06.0	My God, I am your servant.
1:07.9	Show me your power.
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