in his life where he was blessed immensely. But the physical and material blessings were not what he was after. He was left to face himself for what he was: a deceiver and a conniver. Jacob was a wrestler. After seeing himself as the wretch that he was, he had God in his arms and would not let Him go until he got his destiny, a name change included. Jacob realized he needed God more than material things. He was a man alone with God with a chance to get what he needed. You might overcome wrestling with people’s issues and with demons, but you can’t go into your destiny until you wrestle with God! Only God can meet certain needs. God wanted the deceiver and swindler Jacob. He wanted to have him become a prince, Israel. It took a wrestling man to get that. A lot of times, we know what we want to change, but when God touches it, we wrestle with God to try to hold on to what we know needs changing. Jude 3 says, “Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.” We must contend! This means to strive against difficulties, to struggle to surmount (a difficulty), to maintain, to assert, to engage in a campaign in order to win. Wrestle, wrestle, wrestle!
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