The Wrestler
The audacity of Jacob
to wrestle with God
about the mess he made
to fight and struggle for God’s favor,
To, basically, demand his birthright,
going toe to toe with the one who created him,
the One who started the fight,
gave light to life, life to life,
making us living beings,
granting us freedom,
stirring up chaos or not.
To think that we could make sense of it all,
to somehow give names to created things,
without his permission,
driving our need to give every single thing our meaning,
but we can’t.
Because as far as I can see
we’re in trouble.
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We are being haunted and hunted,
our sins ride after us,
and we flee at just the fear of our consequences,
and then…
You show up ready,
looking to get into a fight
our fight, and some engage,
while others will not, they won’t ever.
But Jacob did and won?
The Audacity of Jacob
to wrestle with God
and live to tell the tale,
to expose his messy story,
to share his faith with those
who live but only stand by,
absolutely angry and afraid
pridefully justified in their defeat,
and completely unwilling
to accept God’s invitation
to join in on this good, good fight.
