Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Where are the courageous leaders today?
Here is today’s Bible reading: Genesis 32:13-34:31; Matthew 11:7-30; Psalm 14:1-7; Proverbs 3:19-20
Genesis 32:26 (NIV)
Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.”
But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
There is so much I don’t understand about Jacob’s wrestling match. But what I do know is that Jacob was a tenacious seeker of God’s blessing. He is a great example of Jeremiah 29:13 (NIV): “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” It is so easy to go through the motions of having a devotional time so we can check it off the “to do” list. It is a completely different thing to wrestle with God until we receive His blessing. Wrestling takes time and energy. Are you willing to wrestle?
Like the Apostle Paul, I want more than anything to know Christ (Phil. 3:10). I do not want to simply know about Him. I want to know Him-- personally, intimately, and experientially. It is not enough for me to hear about Him. I want to see Him with my own eyes.
With My Own Eyes 
Jesse Clark
January 16, 2012 at 7:49 pm
Do you think wrestling with God includes those quiet moments in my heart when I’m struggling with Sin, deciding if I’ll give into my flesh?
Lori Lincoln
January 16, 2012 at 8:51 pm
I’ve been in that wrestling match with God for the last 6 weeks. I’m worn out. But not from stubbornness on my part. He had to take me down to an “infant” this time, and I wasn’t getting it. I am still NOT humble ,,, this I GET ! Still wrestling …