Concerning Jacob, the Bible tells us: \u2018A man came and wrestled with him until\u2026 dawn began to break\u2026 He touched Jacob\u2019s hip and wrenched it out of its socket. Then the man said, \u201cLet me go, for the dawn is breaking!\u201d But Jacob said, \u201cI will not let you go unless you bless me.\u201d \u201cWhat is your name?\u201d the man asked. He replied, \u201cJacob.\u201d \u201cYour name will no longer be Jacob,\u201d the man told him. \u201cFrom now on you will be called Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have won.\u201d\u2026Jacob named the place Peniel (which means \u201cface of God\u201d), for he said, \u201cI have seen God face to face\u201d\u2026 The sun was rising as Jacob left Peniel, and he was limping.\u2019<\/i> (Genesis\u00a032:24\u201331\u00a0NLT) <\/p>\n
Imagine the importance of a hip bone to a farmer like Jacob. It was something he leaned on every day, and now he was weak in an area where he had prided himself on being strong. As a result, he had to depend on God as never before. God has children like Jacob who walk with a limp, and you may be one of them. Perhaps you have experienced a painful failure and, because a limp isn\u2019t something you can hide, people notice it. <\/p>\n
God loves to use flawed people because, when they become successful, they\u2019re rarely as arrogant as others who think they deserve it. They\u2019re a little warmer, a little more willing to reach out and embrace others. They understand that without God they wouldn\u2019t have made it. When you limp spiritually, you have to depend on God more, and that\u2019s not a liability\u2014it\u2019s an asset!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Concerning Jacob, the Bible tells us: \u2018A man came and wrestled with him until\u2026 dawn began to break\u2026 He touched Jacob\u2019s hip and wrenched it out of its socket. Then the man said, \u201cLet me go, for the dawn is breaking!\u201d But Jacob said, \u201cI will not let you go unless you bless me.\u201d \u201cWhat […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1715"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1715\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}