honest

Monday October 21^st, Genesis 32:  26 The man said, "Let me go; it's daybreak." Jacob said, "I'm not letting you go 'til you bless me." 27 The man said, "What's your name?" He answered, "Jacob."  28 The man said, "But no longer. Your name is no longer Jacob. From now on it's Israel (God-Wrestler); you've wrestled with God and you've come through." Have you ever wrestled with God?  In a long dark night of the soul, have you wrestled with God?  Have you ever come before God in prayer time after time after time after time?  Wrestling with God is prayer, real prayer, deep prayer.  All too often our prayers are gimme, gimme, gimme.  Sometimes they are filled with eloquent, but often empty, words of praise.  Think of a relationship with a significant other.  If all the conversation is “give me” or false praise, the relationship will soon be seen for what it is, shallow, and will most likely end.  The good conversations with a loved one involve a bit of wrestling, and a whole lot of honesty.  When our prayers are wrestling with God, they are honest, they are from the heart, and the words count little.  Wrestle with God today and know that today, tomorrow and the next day, God will always come down to where you are at in this world, wrestle with you a bit, and love you.