“There wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the
day.” Genesis 32:24
It was not Jacob who wrestled, but God who came and
wrestled with him, to bring about his utter surrender. The object of wrestling
is to force a man down until he is unable to move, so that he yields to the
victor. Jacob was stronger than most, but God conquered. When he would not yield,
God, "touched him." With one touch he did what great strength would
not do.
The thigh is the strongest part of the body, a fitting
type of our own natural strength. Your strong point and mine may be quite
different from Jacob’s. Ambition, boasting, self-love—each of us has his own,
but for each of us that dislocating work is a definite crisis of experience.
What happened looked like a defeat for Jacob, but God said he had prevailed.
This is what s when we surrender, beaten, at God’s feet.
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