Knowing God - Genesis 32:24

(from pastor)

And Jacob was left alone;

and there wrestled a man with him

until the breaking of the day"

Genesis 32:24

Do you remember this story? "The man" that Jacob wrested was really God -- in fact, God in a human form which is naturally viewed as prefiguring of the second person of the Trinity, Jesus Christ.

Jacob wrestled with God. The question is: What are you wrestling with God about?

The answer to Jacob's wrestling is that God put his hip out of joint and Jacob limped the rest of his life. That sounds like bad news. Here's why it's good news ... For much of his life Jacob had lied, cheated, and then cut and run. With a dislocated hip, he could no longer run from problems. Instead he had to face them -- indeed, he needed to face his brother whom he had swindled out of his birthrite. But here's the good news ... He didn't have to face his brother or face life alone. He'd "striven" with God, and he now knew that God would always be with him.

Try something hard ... Thank God for whatever you're wrestling with him about!

In Christ's Love,

a guy who never rooted for the wrestler in a mask

(God ... remove my mask and help me wrestle with you) 

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I think I have made so much progress on this journey and then ... Thank God for what I've been wrestling with him about?  Am I truly able to do that?  at least I am wrestling WITH God instead of AGAINST him!