Week 5 - Day 4

DAY 4 - Read Gen 32:24-32
Jacob wrestled in prayer! Isaiah 64:7 states, “There is no one
who calls on Your name, who arouses himself to take hold of
You;” May this statement never be true of us! I desperately
desire to “take hold of God” in prayer!

“We are told by the prophet Hosea (Hos 12:4) how Jacob
wrestled: he wept, and made supplication; prayers and tears
were his weapons. It was not only a corporal, but a spiritual
wrestling, by the vigorous acting of faith and holy desire; and
thus all the spiritual seed of Jacob (all believers) that pray, in
praying, still wrestle with God.”(Matthew Henry's
Commentary)

Jacob’s name was changed to Israel that night in battle. Israel
means “he who strives with God”, “he who perseveres”, also,
the name Israel suggests royalty and power! This is not
surprising. Believers are a royal priesthood and we are called
to preserve in faith!

Just look at this verse in 1 Peter 2:9!
“But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy
nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the
praises of him who called you out of darkness into his
wonderful light.”

Let’s realize today and forever that we can and should strive
to “take hold” of God in prayer. Give God your all in prayer.