Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Genesis 32:22-32
by: Cheri Appel.
Have you ever wrestled with God? With the Holy Spirit? Or at the very least, with your conscience? Why did Jacob have this experience? Certainly, he was under tremendous stress. Was it to memorialize his new name, Israel? Was his limp to remind him and all of his descendants that His name meant “striven with God”? His progeny did strive with God, vacillating between following Him, following idols, rebuilding Israel, and serving their enemies. What can we learn from this and apply to our walk with the Lord? What is the Holy Spirit telling you? Am I striving with God or lining my will up with His?
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