When Wrestling with God Is the Most Faithful Thing You Can Do
Have you ever wrestled with God?
Not walked away from Him, but wrestled with Him—face-to-the-floor, questions flying, soul aching kind of wrestle?
Then you’re not weak. You’re in good biblical company.
In Hold Fast Chapter 6, we explore the profound truth that wrestling with God isn’t rebellion—it’s relationship. It means you’re still in the ring. Still holding on. Still believing there’s something worth contending for.
“So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak.”
—Genesis 32:24
Jacob didn’t walk away unchanged. He walked away limping and blessed. Marked. Transformed.
This chapter—and this blog—dives into what happens when we stop pretending and start bringing God our real selves: the grief, the anger, the confusion, the “I thought You said” prayers.
Here’s what you’ll learn in this post:
- Why wrestling doesn’t mean you’ve failed—it means you’re hungry for breakthrough
- The difference between resisting God and refusing to let go of Him
- How Jesus Himself wrestled in Gethsemane, proving it’s holy ground, not heresy
- What it means to be marked by struggle and still move forward in faith
I’ll also introduce you to a personal story where I found myself in a nighttime wrestle—no halo, no clarity, just raw honesty. And I came out of it with deeper intimacy than I ever expected.
This week’s download? A simple but powerful journal tool called the “Wrestle Sheet”—designed to help you articulate the struggle, bring it before God, and listen for what He might be shaping in you through it.
You don’t need to win the fight.
You just need to stay in it.
Because some of the deepest blessings come not from the absence of struggle—but from the presence of God in the middle of it.
APPLICATION DOWNLOAD:
Next: Blog 7 – Staying the Course
Because once you’ve wrestled, you’ve still got to keep walking.
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