My dad named me Jacob. For years I didn't understand why — because every time I read Jacob's story, I saw a man who was reckless, afraid, and running. Not exactly the picture of wisdom.
But then I read it again. Slower.
Jacob is one of the most human figures in all of Scripture. He schemes, he loves deeply, he runs, he works, he struggles — and through all of it, God never lets him go. Until one night at a river called Jabbok, where Jacob stops running and decides to fight. Not with a weapon. With his hands wrapped around the one thing he's always needed — the blessing that was already his.
That night he walks away with a limp and a new name. Israel. He who struggles with God and overcomes.
This episode explores what it means to stop running from the thing that was always yours — and what it costs to finally contend for it.
The wrestle is real. So is the blessing on the other side.
9 mins