Genesis
32:26 (KJV) 26 And he said,
Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except
thou bless me.
Jacob would not let the angel go unless he blessed Jacob. Jacob prevailed. He received a blessing. He would no longer be called Jacob. Jacob in the Hebrew means one who follows on another's heel or supplanter. A supplanter is one who undermines or overthrows. It is certainly not a term of endearment. It speaks of one who is corrupt. However, God is able to change any life, and He changes this one. Jacob would now be called Israel. The name Israel means something much different. It means prince of God; one who fights victoriously. Jacob's wrestling with God resulted in victory. He was on longer the undermining schemer, but one who is walking in victory!
Years ago I attended the funeral of the mother of a dear man who went to our church. After the funeral he told me how his mother and step-father came to know Christ as their Savior in an old fashioned revival meeting in a little Pentecostal Holiness church in Rock Hall, MD. They both immediately fell under conviction concerning their addictive and sinful habit of smoking cigarettes. They tried to quit many times, but failed. One Sunday morning they walked the aisle of their little country church and told the Pastor they were giving up cigarettes. They told him they had tried many times to quit and failed. The Pastor said, "meet me tonight at 11:00 at the church". They thought it odd, but returned to the church at 11:00 that night. The Pastor invited them to the altar and stated; "we are going to wrestle with God until God gives you the victory over smoking". And they did. They began praying and continued praying until in the wee hours of the morning, God granted the victory. They never smoked again!
Do you need to hear from God? May I suggest to do what Jacob did, get a hold of God and do not let him go until He blesses you!
Jacob would not let the angel go unless he blessed Jacob. Jacob prevailed. He received a blessing. He would no longer be called Jacob. Jacob in the Hebrew means one who follows on another's heel or supplanter. A supplanter is one who undermines or overthrows. It is certainly not a term of endearment. It speaks of one who is corrupt. However, God is able to change any life, and He changes this one. Jacob would now be called Israel. The name Israel means something much different. It means prince of God; one who fights victoriously. Jacob's wrestling with God resulted in victory. He was on longer the undermining schemer, but one who is walking in victory!
Years ago I attended the funeral of the mother of a dear man who went to our church. After the funeral he told me how his mother and step-father came to know Christ as their Savior in an old fashioned revival meeting in a little Pentecostal Holiness church in Rock Hall, MD. They both immediately fell under conviction concerning their addictive and sinful habit of smoking cigarettes. They tried to quit many times, but failed. One Sunday morning they walked the aisle of their little country church and told the Pastor they were giving up cigarettes. They told him they had tried many times to quit and failed. The Pastor said, "meet me tonight at 11:00 at the church". They thought it odd, but returned to the church at 11:00 that night. The Pastor invited them to the altar and stated; "we are going to wrestle with God until God gives you the victory over smoking". And they did. They began praying and continued praying until in the wee hours of the morning, God granted the victory. They never smoked again!
Do you need to hear from God? May I suggest to do what Jacob did, get a hold of God and do not let him go until He blesses you!
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