Why Did God Destroy Jacob’s Hip?
We read the story of Jacob wrestling with God in Genesis 32 and think: What a strange encounter. A man wrestling with God? Holding on for dear life? And then—God touches his hip, dislocating it. Why?
Why would a good God cripple a man who’s clinging to Him?
Why would God maim Jacob at the very moment he’s seeking His blessing?
Why does the Almighty break a man… just before He blesses him?
It seems mean, even harsh—until you step back and see what God was really doing in that dark night by the Jabbok River. Because this isn’t just Jacob’s story.
It’s yours.
It’s mine.
It’s the story of anyone who has wrestled with God when the schemes ran out, the strength ran dry, and there was no one left to manipulate, no trick left to play, no door left to knock on.
This is the story of how God sometimes breaks us… so He can bless us.
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