As Jacob is on his way to meet Esau, he becomes frightened thinking, he being a Shepherd how to fight his brother having a 400 men army. He prays to God, reminding God of the Promise God made that he would prosper and his generation would grow like the sand of the earth, if he moves to his brother.
Then God comes to fight with Jacob in the form of a man and they start wrestling. The whole night they wrestle and Jacob is not giving up till that man blesses Jacob. So the man touches the socket of Jacob's Hip, blesses him and leaves.
This story teach us a great lesson, of how to pray.
When we pray to God, it would be heard by God, but if the prayer request is of very important to us, then we should wrestle with god till that request is granted or till a message is sent to us about that request.
Wrestling with god would be continues Fasting and Prayer.
God gave a new name to Jacob calling him Israel, meaning that he struggled with God.
BibleGateway - Genesis 32 (NIV)
Real Audio read by Max McLean - Genesis 32 (NIV)
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 32
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