Title: Jacob Never Gives Up
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Jacob not giving up
Genesis 32:24-32
Haydn was a devout believer who lived as an example to many.
Once, at a gathering of prominent artists, the issue of 'worry' and 'pain' came up as a hot topic. The focus of the topic was how to overcome financial pain or troubles when good works were not produced.
It was Haydn's turn as each of them spoke one word at a time. Then Haydn said: “I set up a small closet as a prayer room. When I get tired from work or when I start worrying, I go into that room.
And when you come out of that room, you find a little light and come out."
What's the first thing that pops into your head when you're tired and exhausted? Do you go into your closet with the face of God looking at us in any environment?
Closed prayer, which seems the most passive method, is the most active method.
Because God knows best about all our troubles and troubles. Because God created man, he knows better than anyone else and can help him better. Getting into the closet in difficult times should be supported by daily training. Because thinking is best connected to action.
Do not hide thy face from me in the day of my affliction; incline thy ear, and answer me quickly in the day when I cry out” (Psalm 102:2).
Dear saints,
Today's text deals with events that bring about a great change in Jacob's life, such as the Bethel incident in Genesis 28:10-22.
To resolve the conflict with his brother Esau, Jacob first sends gifts and herds of livestock through his servants, and then sends his children and wives. You can see that Jacob is using all the wisdom and effort he can.
However, while all human wisdom and effort are mobilized, all that is achieved is suffering.
As time goes by, it becomes lonely and difficult. Look at verse 24.
He was left alone. He realizes that he does everything he can as a human being, but to no avail, and that he has to rely on God. So Jacob decides to choose God.
They wrestle fiercely all night with the angels of God. Because he clings so tenaciously, he can't defeat Jacob, so an angel hits Jacob's hip bone, which brings the end to a close.
In the Old Testament, God appeared like an angel, and in the New Testament, Jesus Christ came in human form.