Today I am sharing an article I read by Steve Arterburn. I enjoyed it and I hope you do, too.
Walk With a Limp by Steve Arterburn
When the man saw that he could not
overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip so that his hip was
wrenched as he wrestled with the man. - Genesis 32:25
There’s a story in the Bible about
Jacob wrestling with God, and as a result, God touched Jacob’s hip resulting in
Jacob walking the rest of his days with a limp.
Have you wrestled with God? What’s your
limp? Do you have a scar or a wound that you have hidden from the world? Note
that God gave Jacob a limp. Unlike a scar or a wound, you can’t hide a limp. It
shows whenever you get up and move around. I think God wanted Jacob to limp
with pride. It was his battle scar.
What’s your battle scar? Have you
accepted them for what they are and for the person they have made you? Have you
allowed the pain of your wrestling match to grow you into a better, more compassionate
person? Let God unfold more of His beauty and grace and love in your life.
Would you have it any other way?
God will take the lowest of all and
raise him up. He’ll take the weakest one and strengthen him. He’ll take the
most insecure and fill him with courage. He’ll take the least and make him the
most. All you have to do is let him.
So, whatever your limp is, walk with it
and don’t deny it. It is who you are, and He is molding you into a masterpiece.
You are who you are because of your painful past. God accepts you right where
you are, limp and all. I hope you do, too.
“Comfort and prosperity have never
enriched the world as much as adversity has.” - Billy Graham (1918-
)
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