Jacob had to wrestle through the night for a blessing he did not have in mind. Bishop James Swanson says Jacob had another blessing in mind other than a dislocated hip socket. Here is the account. " Jacob replied, "I will not let you go unless you bless me." The man asked him, "What is your name?" "Jacob," he answered.Then the man said, "Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men and have overcome."
How many of our blessing come through struggle and are not initially what we have in mind? Yet...God knows best and His blessings are ineffable! Great is His Faithfulness indeed!
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