“And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched his hip socket, and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him.” Genesis 32:24-25 (ESV)
Have you ever wrestled with God? Who won? Wrestling is part of being God’s workmanship. Jacob, as God’s workmanship, came to know God in a new way after a night of wrestling. Just like in weight training, without resistance there is no growth.
God allows us to go through seasons of uncertainty. God allows us to experience seasons of silence and yes, even seasons of suffering. We wrestle with God in those seasons. Our faith is challenged and often our prayer life is stretched. We come to know God by experience. Sometimes that experience involves pain.
As God’s workmanship, Jacob came away from the night of wrestling with a limp and a new name. You don’t come into close proximity with the living God and leave the same. God gave Jacob the name Israel, which means God prevails. Jacob was known as a deceiver, but God gave him a new name to live up to. Jacob would become the patriarch of the twelve tribes of Israel.
God is for you. He is willing to go to any length to bring you into a vibrant, intimate, and growing relationship that is personal and eternal. God will pursue you and groom you so that you will be conformed into the image of Christ. Your life matters to God. After you encounter the Living God, you may walk with a limp to remind you of His daily provision.
Drawing Near,
Stephen Trammell
Lead Pastor
Follow me on twitter at: http://twitter.com/stephentrammell
32 replies on “Pain and Growth”
buy cheap lasuna – himcolin cheap purchase himcolin generic
besifloxacin buy online – carbocysteine online sildamax for sale
buy neurontin pills for sale – generic neurontin buy sulfasalazine 500mg online cheap
benemid 500 mg pills – order probenecid 500 mg for sale order tegretol 200mg sale
buy celecoxib generic – celebrex cheap how to buy indomethacin
buy colospa 135mg online cheap – brand cilostazol 100mg pletal over the counter
voltaren 50mg over the counter – aspirin 75 mg tablet aspirin 75mg tablet
rumalaya drug – buy rumalaya tablets brand amitriptyline
pyridostigmine drug – purchase imuran pills azathioprine 50mg canada
order lioresal without prescription – buy feldene medication buy generic piroxicam online
diclofenac medication – imdur over the counter buy cheap nimodipine
cyproheptadine 4mg ca – buy cyproheptadine 4mg pills tizanidine pills
order mobic generic – rizatriptan 10mg generic ketorolac pills
brand cefdinir 300mg – order omnicef 300mg online purchase cleocin online cheap
buy artane cheap – artane pill diclofenac gel online purchase
purchase accutane online – aczone medication deltasone 5mg sale
prednisone online order – prednisolone 5mg generic where to buy zovirax without a prescription
buy acticin cream – retin gel without prescription order retin
purchase betnovate cream – order benoquin cream order benoquin online cheap
flagyl 200mg without prescription – metronidazole 400mg pill cenforce 50mg tablet
purchase augmentin generic – synthroid 100mcg ca levothyroxine cheap
buy cleocin 150mg for sale – buy indocin 75mg sale order indomethacin 75mg capsule
order hyzaar online cheap – buy generic losartan order generic keflex 250mg
buy crotamiton – buy eurax no prescription aczone buy online
order modafinil without prescription – buy provigil 200mg generic purchase meloset online
buy bupropion 150 mg without prescription – order ayurslim online buy shuddha guggulu medication
buy xeloda 500mg – order capecitabine 500 mg online cheap buy cheap generic danocrine
prometrium 200mg price – order generic progesterone 100mg clomiphene where to buy
order alendronate 35mg online cheap – buy fosamax 70mg pill order provera sale
how to buy aygestin – norethindrone 5mg cheap purchase yasmin online cheap
buy yasmin paypal – order estrace 2mg for sale order arimidex 1mg sale
cost cabergoline 0.25mg – premarin 0.625mg sale buy cheap generic alesse