So I was thinking about this account today, of Jacob wrestling with God from Genesis 32. You know what it doesn't say? That God came for this reason - to wrestle with Jacob. It simply states that they did. Could it be that God came to bless, strengthen, and encourage Jacob, but that Jacob was so filled with fear that he took up the wrestling match? Hmmm. In the end, it is God's blessing that prevails, although Jacob comes out of it with a limp. I wonder . . . how often do we resist and wrestle with God when all He wants to do is come and bless us?
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