Wrestling with God will leave you broken... and blessed.

When facing the consequences of his own actions, Jacob responds much the same way we all do: he presumes the worst, prays for the best, and prepares for whatever. But the Gospel offers a better way...

In this passage, twenty years of conflict reach a point of crisis. Between Jacob and Laban we see three possible responses to conflict.

In his loving sovereignty, God allows us to suffer from the sinful scheming of others. But also in his loving sovereignty, God redeems our suffering and restores what is stolen. 

Our Easter message - what you are really seeking and longing for, even if you don't realize it, is a crucified and risen Christ.

The Triumphal Entry of Jesus is a declaration that he is God, he is King, he is Prophet, and he is Priest. 

In his sovereign goodness, the Lord works around, in, and through even our sinful scheming for our good and His glory. 

Leah's story shows us God's heart for the overlooked and rejected: in our sad, we are seen; in our hurt we are heard; in our aloneness we are attached; in our sin we are saved. 

Working and waiting are areas of life in which we can find ourselves, like Jacob, wrestling with God.

Good news for weary God-wrestlers who always lose: because God wins, we get his presence and his promises. We don't have to build, bargain, or buy what he offers us freely.