Genesis 32:24 – “And he sent across whatever he had. Then Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak”
Has God had to cripple you to bless you? Jacob, now Israel, limped for the rest of his life. Everywhere he went people would ask, “Jacob, why are you limping?” Jacob won when he was beaten. He triumphed when he yielded. God crippled Jacob and broke him of his being a supplanter, deceiver, and attacker from the rear. Every time Jacob limped, it was a constant reminder that God won at last.
Does every limp in your life remind you of your weakness? Does it make you conscious of the oppression within you? Does it bring to bear upon your conscious mind that which baffles, beats, and blisters your personal life? God blesses us when we lay our head down on a cold, hard, rough, unkind, unsympathetic hostile stone. The earlier we learn this great spiritual principle, the better off we are in life.
When the God of Jacob is our refuge, He puts His hand on us to teach us great spiritual lessons, to wound us, cripple us, in order that He might give us a deeper healing. He cripples to make us stronger. God removed all of Jacob’s false securities that night and made him depend upon Him alone. The “God of Jacob” became his refuge. God cannot bless us and use us until He has broken us. He has to put a scar on our selfish flesh to remind us what our lives are without His abiding presence to bless us.
It’s a brand new day! Keep enjoying Kharis!
Pastor Josh Laryea