Notice that we are not told that Jacob wrestled with a man . . . . the man wrestled with Jacob. Is this significant? I think so. It shows us that God is the initiator of this conflict. He starts it. F.B. Meyer writes,
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That night Jacob wrestled with God. He would not give up. Even when his hip was thrown out of joint, he held on. He said, "I will not let go until you bless me." Jacob had everything. What blessing could he want?
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And he wouldn’t let God go. At last, God struck Jacob on the hip and put it out of joint. Jacob walked with a limp from that day on. It would always remind him of the night he wrestled with God. And then God said to Jacob, “What is your name?” A strange question to ask after all of this!
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We believe that there are many paths to God, and that all are valid and worthy of respect. Instead of siting down and trying to work things out with his brother, Jacob responded to conflict in what has become an all too familiar response in contemporary families, he hit the road. He said "I'm out of here.
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Then Jacob prayed, "O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, O LORD, who said to me, Then Jacob sent his wives, children, and servants out of the camp. This was probably to hide them in case they were attacked. So Jacob was left alone in the camp that night. Then a man came and wrestled with Jacob.
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www.seekgod.org/message/wrestlingwithgod.html
www.seekgod.org/message/wrestlingwithgod.html
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Jacob Wrestles With God. 22 That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.
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Israel means upright with God. Jacob had overcome or prevailed, even though to all intents and purposes he had lost the wrestling match! Yet he is now told that he is upright with God and with men, and he is now an Overcomer.
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www.purposeoflife.org.uk/jacob.htm
www.purposeoflife.org.uk/jacob.htm
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Brief Biblical overview of Jacob who was called Israel because he wrestled with God. He is sometimes referred to as Trickster. He feels that he must now depend only on God, While thus engaged, there appeared one in the form of a man who wrestled with him. In this mysterious contest Jacob prevailed, and as a memorial of it...
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