Will you ask God to wrestle with you?
God calls us to wrestle with Him, so that He can pin us to the ground of submission. He did this with Jacob, touching his thigh, and leaving the patriarch with a limp, a weakened limb. This thigh is the strongest muscle we have, that important part of the body supporting the core and providing mobility. Within my self, the “thigh” is the operating principle of my flesh, the “go-to” value to help me get through life. If I want to have God take me where He wants me to go, I must invite Him to wrestle with me. I must give Him permission to pin me down, have Him touch and weaken my “thigh”. In this manner my self is put aside, smitten by the Spirit, and left ineffective on this path of life. For me my “thigh”, the inner principle from which my flesh operates, is my “search engine.” That is, my mind always activates itself to search out the answers to things, the truth of people, the exact correct course of action. It strives to walk me through life using sight and intellect, and not faith and God’s spirit. How foolish of me to try to “search” when I say I worship the Almighty God, the Great I-Am, who is unsearchable.What is your “thigh?” What core principle drives your human responses, your fleshly pursuits? To be all you can be for Christ, you must identify that attitude or behavior that you value, and with the Lord, wrestle it to the ground. This process will no doubt cause you to “limp” henceforth. But with that limp, you will know in your heart that God, who loves you, has wrestled with you.Oh Lord, I am committed to you. I recognize the need to “die to self.” So help me. Wrestle with me. Pin down this “searching” trait of mine to the ground. Render my “thigh,” this inner principle of the flesh, useless. Touch me in a way that self is crucified. Take my driving need to know and see, throw it down so that I might arise willing and able to walk by faith, simple as a child, following the Spirit, limp and all.
Share your thoughts with me, what is your "thigh"?
