Wrestling in prayers unto God Most High
"One shall say, I am the L ORD 's: and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the L ORD , and surname himself by the name of Israel." -Isaiah 44:5 [KJV] "Another shall call himself by the name of Jacob ." Jacob was a wrestler, for he wrestled all night with the angel; and by wrestling he obtained the blessing. So at present you may be a wrestling Jacob, but have not yet come off a prevailing Israel. You may not be without a sense of guilt and bondage at times in your conscience, and may often doubt and fear whether the root of the matter be in you, because you cannot use the language of assurance and say, " I am the L ORD 's ." Still you may be a wrestling Jacob. The Lord may have put H is Spirit in you to enable you to wrestle with H im for the blessing, and yet H e may not have given you that appropriating faith whereby you can believe that H e is yours, and can call H im such. Ho