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2 Kings 6:1-7 (NIV) 1The company of the prophets said to Elisha, “Look, the place where we meet with you is too small for us. 2Let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a pole; and let us build a place there for us to meet.” And he said, “Go.” 3Then one of them said, “Won’t you please come with your servants?” “I will,” Elisha replied. 4And he went with them. They went to the Jordan and began to cut down trees. 5As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axhead fell into the water. “Oh no, my lord!” he cried out. “It was borrowed!” 6The 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. 7“Lift it out,” he said. Then the man reached out his hand and took it.
In 2 Kings 6:1-7, we read about the prophet Elisha facing a seemingly impossible situation. He and a group of prophets were by the Jordan River getting wood to build a larger meeting place. As one of the prophets cut down a tree, “the iron axe-head fell into the water. ‘Oh no, my lord!’ he cried out. ‘It was borrowed!’” (v. 5). The distressed prophet showed the prophet Elisha where it fell. “Elisha cut a stick and threw it there, and made the iron float” (v. 6). The prophet was miraculously reunited with the valuable lost item. No care or concern is too small to bring before God in prayer. We can pray and ask God for help in any circumstance, and He can answer our prayers in unexpected ways. (Nancy Gavilanes, Our Daily Bread, 12th November 2026)
I remembered that when I wanted to leave my last company which I had been for more than 20 years, a couple of things happened. I wanted to leave as my job scope was changed such that if I had wanted to bring a case for constructive dismissal I could probably had succeeded. At the same time, there was an opening at my present company as a new subsidiary in the digital space was created. So even though we seldom take outsiders (nearly 90% of staff are home-grown talents who started at the bottom), an exception was given for this digital business sister company. I bit the bullet and took a 20% pay cut and accepted the offer.
The actual offer letter however took 2 weeks to come after all the background checks and other formalities. That meant that I had not yet resigned from my previous company. At that time, it was 2022 and we were mostly working from home due to Covid-19. On the day I received the letter of offer and signed it, I was called for a face to face meeting with my previous boss to review and finalise an important letter to a chipmaker due to the global chips supply situation then. For some reason, I decided to postpone clicking on my resignation in the system to the next day. In that face to face meeting the next day, I told my then boss that I’ll be resigning and in the process he asked me to hold on as he could offer me a severance package in view of my long service. In the end, I didn’t resign but took the package, was put on garden leave and joined my present company two weeks later.
So indeed God moves in mysterious ways! I was in my mid-50s when I left my previous company; in the job market during Covid, even now, it is near impossible to find another job when you’re about to retire. This chain of events clearly showed that Jesus can and will work in wondrous ways for the good of His servants.
I experienced this reality in my own life and I’m sure each and everyone of us have had and will have our share of “wartime” stories walking in the faith whether back in the day, in the present or in the days to come! Not just a question of declaring God’s faithfulness for things to materialise or situations to change but because of God’s grace and mercy, love and compassion. God indeed moves in unexpected ways! Praise the Lord for His goodness! His love and mercies endures forever! Amen!
