“And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.”
Jacob said: please tell me your name. But he replied: why do you ask my name? Then he blessed him there. The refusal to give the name preserves the mystery of the encounter. Judges 13:18 records the same refusal when Manoah asks the angel's name. The blessing follows without the name, without complete understanding. The application: the blessing you need does not require you to fully understand the one who gives it. Receive it without demanding more information than has been given.
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