“And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.”
Then the man said: let me go, for it is daybreak. But Jacob replied: I will not let you go unless you bless me. The clinging request — I will not let you go unless you bless me — is the most remarkable thing Jacob has said in the entire narrative. The schemer who obtained blessings through deception is now holding on to the one who can bless and refusing to release until the blessing is given. Hosea 12:4 describes Jacob weeping as he prevailed. The application: the faith that refuses to release God until the blessing comes is the faith that will receive it.
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