“Jacob wrestled the angel and the angel was overcome.”
I am going to start a series called the “Sunday Wrestle” which will deal with things of the spirit.
Why the Sunday wrestle? Because to deal with the things of the spirit -to truly deal with them -you need to wrestle. It is often a struggle.
Yes, there will be breakthroughs and times of clarity, but oftentimes it is an exertion in one form or another. Everything of worth requires effort and exertion- the toning of the body requires sweat, the sharpening of mind and increase of knowledge requires the discipline of study, growing communication with the ones we love requires uncomfortable confrontations. Anything of value does not come with out struggle of some sort. We wrestle to achieve the goals we desire that which matters to us. Why should things of the spirit be any different?
Let us shed our fat and entitled mindsets that do nothing but promote sloth and move towards a fuller existence.
Who said the abundant life is supposed to come easy?
The Sunday wrestle will be the place these truths are thrown to the mat.
Or, the truths throw us to the mat.