If you are, you can rejoice, for you have found favor with God.

It has been said “Don’t trust a person who walks without a spiritual limp” for they have not had a defeat in the flesh as they wrestled with the Spirit of God.

To gain a victory in the spirit we must have a defeat in the flesh. In the physical realm we may think we have lost, but in the reality of the spirit realm we have won a great victory by surrendering to the spirit.

In Genesis 32 We read of Jacob’s wrestle with God. Jacob surrenders after God touches the hallow of his thigh. Now this may have looked like a defeat in the physical realm but God declares in Genesis 32:28 “thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed “.

So in losing in the flesh, Jacob actually won in the spiritual realm. 

Genesis 32: 24-28 And a Man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. When the Man saw that He did not prevail against Jacob, He touched his hip socket, and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with Him. Then He said, “Let me go, for the day has broken.” But Jacob said, “I will not let You go unless you bless me.” And He said to him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Jacob.” Then He said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with men, and have prevailed.”

CHALLENGE: In what area of your life do you need to surrender to God in order to gain a spiritual victory?

Excerpt from “DEVELOPING A SECRET HISTORY WITH GOD” page 200

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