Holding On

Genesis 32:26 " And He said let me go, for the day breaketh, and he said, I will not let thee go except thou bless me".
This is a long hard journey we have begun, and there are times when you might feel like what is the use. It can sometimes seem like the more you do, the more you pray, the more you give the harder things get. While those who appear to do nothing seems to be walking on easy street. But be not dismayed, serving the Lord will payoff after while.

 

In this microwave generation we live in today, everybody seems to want everything right now. Nobody wants to pay their dues as they use to say. Remember everything God has for you is yours, and He will give it to you when you are ready for it. In todays story Jacob was about to meet his brother Essau for the first time since he tricked him out of  his birth right. He was here wrestling with an angel and he refused to let go until the angel blessed him. He had decided to hold on to God until God answered his prayer. We to must continue to hold to the promises of the Lord in prayer and communion with Him, until we are blessed. The job of the enemy is to try to discourage us, and hinder our time with God. He will cast doubt and sometimes put fear in our hearts, in an effort to get us to let go of God. But we must remember God cannot lie, if He said it, it must come to pass. Here Jacob continued to hold on, and the bible says the angel did bless him there.

 

The true blessing come when we hold on to God, through all of the trials and storms of life. So often the storms and trials themselves are blessings as anything that makes you call upon the name of the Lord is in fact a blessing. Don't let the lies of the devil cause you to let go of the promises of God. Don't  miss out on your blessings. Hold on to God through thick and thin. It is the effectual fervent prayer of the righteous which will prevail. So pray without ceasing and watch God work in your life.