To obtain God’s blessing

But Jacob said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.” (26)

All his life, Jacob strove to get God’s blessing.

He conned his father and brother to try to obtain it. (Genesis 26-27)

He later tried to bargain with God in order to obtain it. (Genesis 28:20-22)

Now he tried to wrestle God for it.

But what he had failed to realize is that God simply wanted to give it to him.

All Jacob had to do was rest in God’s goodness and faithfulness to him. A goodness and faithfulness that God shows to all his children despite our unworthiness. (10)

How much joy would we know if we truly understood that truth?

No striving to receive God’s blessing. Just resting in it.