NOT UNTIL YOU BLESS ME! Have you ever been desperate in prayer? So desperate you would not stop praying until you got your answer? Jacob was desperate. He had stolen his brother Esau’s life by stealing his inheritance. Jacob ran away from his brother while his brother was raging like a lion. Now, years later as a wealthy man, Jacob was returning to the lion’s lair – he was coming back home. What would Esau do to him? It ate him up – he needed assurance. That night, the LORD himself, wrestled with Jacob, even dislocating his hip. The LORD said, “Let me go.” Jacob replied, “Not until you bless me!” And the LORD blessed him. Why? Because Jacob was a better wrestler? No, but because God uses the wrestling to strengthen our faith, to teach us persistence in prayer, and simply because he loves to bless his children. Consider the grace of this thought this week: God allows himself to be overcome when we wrestle him with our prayers. “But Jacob replied, ‘I will not let you go unless you bless me.’” Genesis 32:26b
Posted on: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 14:14:54 +0000
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