It Is Borrowed

“Alas, master! for it was borrowed.” II Kings 6:5 The young man was not concerned that the axe head had come off. That could be replaced. Nor was his concern that with­out an axe he could not work on beams for build­ing the house. He likely could borrow another. But his concern was: The axe he had used was bor­rowed. It belonged to someone else, and had been entrusted to him. You know the story. This took place in the days of Elisha, the prophet in Israel. The sons of the prophets needed...