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#53 | Jacob Wrestles with God - The Struggle is Real
In this episode we look at the strange, yet revealing encounter between Jacob and God. Jacob wrestles with God all night long, and the amazing thing about this encounter is that God does not overpower him. In other words, God does not use shear strength to overcome Jacob in the wrestling match. Instead, God weakens Jacob by touching his hip. God does this because Jacob will not let God go until God blesses him. Jacob is a very competitive person, and is determined to get what he wants.
This story of Jacob wrestling with God is mentioned in Hosea 12, and it is there that we discover Jacob came…
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