As the man was swinging the ax, we see in Vs. 5 that the ax head fell into the water. This man was very distraught. Everything that we have in life is borrowed. Our homes, our posessions, even the very breath of life that we have is borrowed. God gave these things for a temporary time.
Many people underestimate the power of even a thought.
It is from thoughts that wrong choices and actions are birthed from. First, the lustful thoughts of Bathsheba's beauty, then adultery, and eventually murder. Elisha was Elijah's divinely appointed successor as a prophet and this man sought counsel from him knowing that God could use him to make the ax head appear again. When we as Christians get into a state of non-fellowship with God, we should immediately seek to get back into fellowship with God. I will assure you, The Holy Spirit will not leave you alone until you do.