WHAT IS YOUR NAME?

REFERENCE
Genesis 32:26,29 [ESV] Then he said, Let me go, for the day has broken. But Jacob said, I will not let you go unless you bless me. 29 Then Jacob asked him, Please tell me your name. But he said, Why is it that you ask my name? And there he blessed him.

Genesis 32:26,29 [Message] The man said, “Let me go; it’s daybreak.” Jacob said, “I’m not letting you go ’til you bless me.” Jacob asked, “And what’s your name?” The man said, “Why do you want to know my name?” And then, right then and there, he blessed him.

EXPLORATION
This passage of Scripture leaves me with a lot more questions than answers. The questions can be a great distraction, I’m not sure that many of them have answers this side of heaven.
Why did Jacob get up in the middle of the night and move his family.
Why didn’t he go with them?
Who was it that he wrestled with?
If it was God, if it was Jesus, why couldn’t God get the best of him?
Who was Jacob to demand a blessing?
Why did he ask the man his name?
Why did the man bless him?

APPLICATION
Questions I can answer.
When was the last time I got alone with God?
When was the last time I wrestle with God’s word for an extended period of time?
When was the last time I asked for a blessing?
When was the last time I got one?

PRAYER
Father,
Forgive me, for some reason in our culture when it comes to you we have a sense of entitlement that just isn’t ours.
Teach me to spend more time in your Word.
Encourage me to seek my Warrior King and to delight in being challenged by him.
Jacob’s question, “What is your name?” Should always be on my lips and my heart.
May I always seek to know you better and better.