Wrestling With God

Jacob has been separated from Esau for twenty years. He is fearful that those years might have fueled his grudge into full-blown hatred. The night before he sees Esau "a Man wrestled with him until the breaking of day" (Genesis 32:24; NKJV).

Our enemies are not those of whom we should be afraid. God is the one with whom we must contend. If we succeed with God, we will overcome the world, by simply relying upon God.

Like Jacob, if we struggle with God and prevail, we will be changed: "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new" (2 Corinthians 5:17; NKJV).

Jason Cicero