Daily Devotional

Are you as desperate as Jacob was for his blessings? Yesterday we spoke about wrestling the enemy. Today I want to put the story into context. You see, Jacob wrestled an angel because his brother Esau was coming with an army of men and Jacob was not sure what to do. He needed an intervention. Here are a few lessons we can learn from Jacobs experience:

God promised to bless Jacob inasmuch as God blessed Abraham. Jacob knew that he was going to be blessed. That's a lot of Christians today. They know that they are heirs to God and descendants of Abraham. But that's where it stops. We need to ask God to bless us. You know that He wants to, but have you asked Him to release those blessings into your life?

Laban, Jacobs uncle, was blessed only because of Jacob. Well, there we go again — "Lord, I see you bless Mr. Jones. But where's my blessing?" We need to stop asking God where the blessing is and, again, ask God to release that blessing into our lives.

Jacob continuously received a blessing from God. But that did not stop him from asking God to continue blessing him. He did not get complacent.

Jacob stood on Gods Word. Some have so neglected Gods Word or misinterpreted the Word that they have lost out on Gods blessings for their lives. Jacob knew Gods promises and he stood on those promises.

Lastly, Jacob did not give into his despondency. Jacob was alone, his family on the other side of the brook, when the man appeared. Loneliness is a killer, I know. But Jacob, in that time of loneliness and desperation reached out to the only Person who could help him. It is always best to run into the arms of God rather than to run away from God.

Do not, I exhort you, give up on the brink of your miracle.