Once, I observed the closed combat art of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. During grappling, the first thing I noticed was that the main strategy is to create as much space between you and your opponent as possible. Once that space is established, the next step is to use the opponents pressure on your body to create pressure on his by finding a hook and reversing his hold. If all goes right, the final step is submitting your opponent.
How many times have I tried to wrestle with God about the issues of life? I am a Christian and therefore the Holy Spirit is inside of me and seals me to God as an adopted son. Despite this close relationship it seems, at times, that I like to create as much space as possible between myself and Him while still maintaining my Christianness. After all, God will forgive, right?
So although my being is intimately entangled with Him, I am still trying to push him away. I exert pressure and try to find a hook to reverse the hold and submit diety. Unfortunately, there is a reason He is called Almighty God. No matter how much I rebel in attitude or action, there is nothing that can separate me from His love.
When I am tired of fighting I either give up or get out of his clasp and walk away on my own. When I give up I submit and He lets me go with a reminder, much like Jacob's that He is in control. When I walk away, He lets me wander until I come back and admit my finite nature. Either way, I will submit. I can do so at His hands or at the world's.
When Jacob got off the ground that night, he was not rewarded because he wrestled with God in rebellion, it is because he perservered with God and with man. He did not give up after 14 years of working for a dishonest man, nor did he give up when his hip was dislocated. He continued to persevere.
Read the following verses about perserverance. Then pray that you would persevere with God and not wrestle against Him. Finally, thank God for His promises to you.
1 Timothy 4:16
Hebrews 10:36
Hebrews 12:1
James 1:3-4, 12
James 5:11
2 Peter 1"5-7
Revelation 2:3
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perhaps you are right, he probably hasn't.
it was a line from hard candy though.
I liked this blog, it was good and true. I'm not sure about those country songs though from your post a couple below, I think you need more exposure to country music, lol.
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