Genesis 32 & 33, Matthew 12: 22-45, Psalm 12
Genesis 32: 24-25 (ESV)
“And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until
the breaking of the day. When the man saw that he did not prevail against
Jacob, he touched his hip socket, and Jacob's hip was put out of joint as he
wrestled with him.”
I love verses 24 and 25 from Genesis 32. God appeared to
Jacob as a man and wrestled with him. Many Bible commentaries on this verse
have said that God wrestled with Jacob to take his self-reliance and his
scheming. I have never had the physical experience of wrestling with God, but I
think sometimes God does wrestle with me in my mind when he wants me to behave
better. And like Jacob I fight with God. I hate being told what to do and I
know that God is often trying to get me to give up my self-reliance. I don’t
scheme like Jacob, but I constantly have doubts about my faith. I know when God
does win my life turns out so much better. I am improving, but the wrestling
with God still goes on, and thankfully they are now short and God always wins.
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