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So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood. 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 Kings 6 vs 4,5).

While the Sons of the Prophets were mowing down wood for their proposed new building, one of them suffered the indignity of his borrowed axe head falling into the river. They were in the process that would produce the raw materials for their new house, and suddenly, one of them faced that embarrassing moment of losing his borrowed axe head.

The Person who borrowed the axe head may have concealed this issue of borrowing; but when the axe head fell, the concealed issue was revealed. The embarrassment of the axe head falling into the water revealed a hidden embarrassment of someone who had no axe head of his own!

Nevertheless, notice that when the axe head fell, the Prophet was on hand to save the day. The one who lost the axe head may have seemed vulnerable in public, but the Prophet was standing by to help. Prophets were God's representatives in Old Testament times; so, when it seemed that embarrassment was brewing, God was on time to save the day.

Isn't it true that Life has a way of revealing the same things we try to cover up? We try to conceal embarrassing issues in our life and life reveals it in embarrassing manners.

Beloved, hear God's Word: When life makes you seem vulnerable, God is standing by to save you from the shame. You may be close to failure, humiliation, bankruptcy, marital separation or any embarrassment, God is coming through for you now. What you are scared of won't happen! Help is on the way!

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