What did you think of the speaker's talk...?
I shared my thoughts... and the one who asked... shared his...
We did not agree...
I could not make him see...
I knew I couldn't...
and the truth that only the Father opens eyes of faith...
weighed heavy...
But... Sunday... He opened my eyes to a new aspect of the conversation... held on Saturday...
During the singing of The First Noel... the chorus...
Born is the King of Israel...
I'm reminded... Israel...translates to... God-wrestler...
Born is the King of God-wrestlers...
and the previous conversation... came into light...
there was a wrestling with God taking place...
the first steps... toward coming under the King...!
And I see... how those who question... messages of truth... enter into the wrestling ring of blessing...
Those who don't consider... don't question... don't wrestle with the ideas of truth that barb at a soul... are hard as the road... where the birds steal what's been sown...
Jacob... he wrestled with God...
he said... I won't let you go till You bless me...
his name was changed... to Israel...
God-wrestler...
In this new light... instead of discouraged... I am encouraged...
recognizing... the blessing... of wrestling... with the King...
Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel
and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts:
"I am the first and the last; besides me there is no god. ..."
Isaiah 44:6 ESV
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