LEADERS LET GOD GOVERN THEIR LIVES!

Team:

Have you ever wrestled with decisions? Have you ever been fearful of an outcome one way or another? Do you ever feel all alone? Do you ever feel like you are avoiding or running away from something?

Have you ever done something in the past that you knew would haunt you in the future?

LEADERS LET GOD GOVERN THEIR LIVES!

Today we see Jacob wrestling with decisions of the past as well as the future. Jacob was literally wrestling with God. Most scholars believe this was a Theophany or Jesus Christ.

"So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak. 25 When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob's hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man. 26 Then the man said, 'Let me go, for it is daybreak.'"
Gen 32:24-26

Friend, You are not alone. Jacob struggled over the same things we struggle over every day.

LEADERS LET GOD GOVERN THEIR LIVES!

Just like Jacob was all alone sometimes we feel all alone. God has to bring us to a point where we are all alone with Him so He can Reach us. Jacob was very stubborn (in a good way) he was not going to let go of God until God Blesses him.

Early on Jacob deceived his father when his father was weak and ready to die. Jacob lied to his dad so he could get the "Blessing."

Now Jacob realizes God's blessings are not for sale. You can't trick or manipulate to get God's Blessing.

Jacob felt insecure then and now. He was regretting the decision he made when he stole the blessing that was intended for Esau. Now all kinds of thoughts are going through his mind. "Why did you do that? Here comes your brother to kill you. You stupid fool!" Over and Over and Over.

Now Jacob is at the end of his rope with no way out wrestling with the decisions he made in the past and now for the future.

As the daybreak came Jacob would not let go of God so the Lord dislocated Jacob's hip. Now Jacob was crippled. He was doomed!

Sometimes we need to let go of a situation or circumstance and give it over to the Lord. When we hold on too long we get crippled.

LEADERS LET GOD GOVERN THEIR LIVES!

Then God did Something Amazing. God blessed Jacob and changed his name to Israel. Israel means God governs my life. J
So Jacob went from deceiving and manipulating to letting God govern his Life.

Friends, are you at the end of your rope? Are you trying to figure out how to cover yourself in every situation? Are you Wrestling with decisions in your life? Be like Jacob and let God govern in your life.
LEADERS LET GOD GOVERN THEIR LIVES!

"Jacob prayed to be delivered from Esau, but his greatest need was to be delivered from himself."

Just Go!

Rick

Jan 16 Readings - GENESIS 32:13-34:31 | MATTHEW 11:7-30 | PSALM 14:1-7 | PROVERBS 3:19-20