"This left Jacob all alone in the camp, and a man came and wrestled with him until the dawn began to break. When the man saw that he would not win the match, he touched Jacob's hip and wrenched it out of its socket. Then the man said, 'Let me go, for the dawn is breaking!'
"But Jacob said, 'I will not let you go unless you bless me.'
"'What is your name?' the man asked.
"He replied, 'Jacob.'
"'Your name will no longer be Jacob,' the man told him. 'From now on you will be called Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have won.'
"'Please tell me your name,' Jacob said.
"'Why do you want to know my name?' the man replied. Then he blessed Jacob there."
Jacob wrestled with God. Who did he think the man was? He did not know, and he wanted to know—he asked. And after he wrestled, after he asked, he got his blessing. The blessing was a new name, which signifies a new identity. The wrestling match somehow defined him. What defining moments have you experienced with God? How have they changed you, blessed you? Do you want to know God better? Ask God! That is the real source of blessing—to know him intimately, so intimately, you wrestle heart to heart at times
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