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Genesis chapter 32 verse 26

then he said let me go for the day is broken. But Jacob said I will not let you go unless you bless me.

Oh, this this verse comes at the end of Genesis 32 in the middle of this story about how Jacob is

alone and wrestling with God.

Now there's all kinds of details when it comes to interpretation of this passage

that we don't have time to get into now.

But the picture is a picture of prayer as wrestling with God,

as asking God for his blessing and the whole interaction.

I wish we could dive into all the details here, but the whole interaction revolves around.

Jacob honestly coming before God, humbly coming before God, God even says to him, what's your name and

Jacob says, oh my name is Jacob which means a deceiver like there's there's confession here but there is a picture

also of Jacob holding on to God and just saying God please please bless me.

And in God giving us this picture,

we learn that it is good to wrestle with God in prayer.

Oh, this feels almost inappropriate to say,

but this is the picture we have of seeking God, asking God, calling out to God for blessing,

for his provision, for his help, and God answering when we do.

It's a picture we end up seeing throughout the rest of scripture

as people seek God in prayer and ask him,

plead for blessing, plead for his grace,

plead for his help in this way or that way,

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