Wrestling With God: Jacob Renamed Israel

Did you know the Bible records a man who fought an angel of God all night—and won?

By the river Jabbok, in the dead of night, stood a man named Jacob. A deceiver.

A runaway. A man who spent his whole life avoiding his past. But that night…

God came looking for him. “Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled

with him till daybreak.” — Genesis 32:24 No weapons. No words. Just a violent struggle

in the darkness. This wasn’t a fight of muscle—it was a battle of faith. A wrestling between

Jacob’s old life and God’s new purpose. When morning was about to break, the angel touched

Jacob’s hip— and in an instant, his strength was gone. Yet Jacob refused