A Dull Ax?

“If the ax is dull and the edges unsharpened, more strength is needed, but skill will bring success.”  Ecclesiastes 10:10

We should realize that the Church does not need to work harder, but rather she needs to work smarter.  Our problem is not that we are unwilling to do what God wants us to or that we are not energized to do it.  The issue is the sharpness of our ax. If we are yielding a dull ax - no matter how hard we swing it just doesn’t cut it.  We can try to get a lot of people with many axes, but the tree still does not fall.  The problem – a dull ax.  We can get a two-sided ax, but it’s still dull.  We could find attractive axes so that many people want to come and watch.  The problem is that the ax is still dull.  We can even take our axes with us all over the world, put them on television and even post them on the internet.  But trees are still not falling.  What’s the problem?  The ax is dull.

The question is:  How sharp is your ax?  How sharp is our ax?  If the ax is sharp, the trees will fall.

I want to leave this as a question for you to ponder.  The answer is not simple and I’m not even sure we can fully understand it.  Meditate on this question and take it before the Lord.  It will not be answered with a list of do’s and don’t’s and the answer may vary from person to person.  But I believe that as we consider the sharpness of our ax, the Lord will reveal to us some keys in making huge, significant, and profound impacts in furthering the Kingdom of God.