
8/6/2023 - Wresting With God (Promise & Betrayal)
• Series: Promise & Threat
Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.” from Genesis 32:22-31 Come, O thou Traveler unknown, Whom still I hold but cannot see! My company before is gone, And I am left alone with Thee; With Thee all night I mean to stay, And wrestle till the break of day… Wilt Thou not yet to me reveal Thy new, unutterable Name? Tell me, I still beseech Thee, tell; To know it now resolved I am; Wrestling, I will not let Thee go, Till I Thy Name, Thy nature know.” This Song “Wrestling Jacob,” or “Come, O Thou Traveler Unknown” originally comes from the pen of Charles Wesley, from way back in 1742. Wesley relates Jacob’s wrestling with God with his own spiritual journey. [Read the rest on our Blog website at the link below]