Wrestle

Genesis 32: 24

So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak.

 

Jacob was a man who had some real issues.

He tricked his father, and brother, and he thought his brother wanted his life for doing so.

 

As time went on, Jacob thought his past would catch up to him, and it did.

Jacob, left alone in camp, wrestled with a man (GOD) all night long.

 

Did you know that there are times that we are also left alone to wrestle with God?

What are you wrestling with God about right now?

 

During these times, God’s presence has a purpose, and it can be sometimes painful.

These wrestling times can also be exhausting as well.

 

Eventually, as we stay the course of the wrestling match, blessing does come.

For any of us to reach a deeper relationship with God, there has to wrestling.

 

When I was in high school, I saw how hard the wresters worked, and I wasn’t one bit interested in joining that group.

During our times when our past meets God, we have to come face to face with Him.

 

This encounter is absolutely necessary.

The struggle might go on all night long, but then a new day arrives…