Grace Flows When You Stop Struggling

Grace Flows When You Stop StrugglingKK 音標. 〔 ˋstrʌgL 〕

This left Jacob all alone in the camp, and a Man came and wrestled with him until the dawnKK音标发音： [dɔn] began to break… He touched Jacob’s hipkk音標：[hɪp]. 中文翻譯：屁股 and wrenched KK[rɛntʃ]; DJ[rentʃ]. 美式. vt. 猛扭，猛擰[O]；扭傷. vi. 猛扭，猛擰；猛絞it out of its socketkk音標：[ˋsɑkɪt]. 中文翻譯：插座；孔；穴… “Your name will no longer be Jacob,” the Man told him. “From now on you will be called Israel…Then He blessed Jacob there.

Genesis 32:24–29, NLT

Most people would have given up on Jacob, the schemingKK 音標. 〔 skim 〕. 國際音標. 〔 skiːm 〕 ... scheming their revenge 密謀報仇 2 設計 【不及物動詞】 陰謀 【名詞】 schemer deceiverKK 音標. 〔 dIˋsєmbZ 〕 「Deceive」 的名詞形式是「deception」 欺騙、欺詐；形容詞形式是「deceptive」；再有，一個欺騙他人的人就是「a deceiver」 騙子。and manipulator KK[məˋnɪpjʊ͵letɚ]; DJ[məˋnipjuleitə]. 美式. n. 操作者；巧妙處理的人.. But not God.

One night, while attemptingKK 音標. 〔 әˋtєmpt 〕 a. 努力, 試圖 to appease[əˈpi:z] KK音标发音 【字形變化】 ... 撫慰, 緩解, 平息 appeaser n. 勸解人, 妥協者 appeasing vbl. appease動詞的現在分詞、動名詞 the brother he had stolen from, Jacob met the Lord. He grabbedKK 音標. 〔 græb 〕美式. vt. 攫取，抓取；奪取，霸佔. vi. 抓（住），奪（得）[（+at）]. n.[C]. 抓住，攫取，霸佔[（+at/for）]；抓得之物，奪取 hold of the Lord and for hours, tried to wrestle a blessing from Him. What did the Lord do? He touched Jacob’s hip socket and put it out of joint, so that Jacob wound up結束 緊張的； 生氣的； 激動的 · v. 以…告終；關閉（企業等）；結束（wind up的過去式）. helpless before the Lord.

The Lord changed Jacob that night. He showed Jacob how it was only when Jacob’s grabbing and wrestling finally stopped that His grace was able to flow. That night, God changed Jacob’s name from “deceiver” to “prince” (Israel), and added to him blessings that were beyond his own efforts.

You see, we cannot try to wrestleKK 音標. 〔 ˋrєsL 〕. 國際音標. 〔 ˊresl 〕 ... wrestling with budget cuts 為預算的縮減而爭鬥 3 掙扎 wrestle with one's conscience 與自己的良知掙扎 blessings from God. It is when we give up on our scheming, deceiving and manipulating to get ahead in life, and completely trust His grace alone that His provisionKK[prəˋvɪʒən]; DJ[prəˋviʒən]. 美式. n. 供應[U][（+of）]；預備；防備[U][（+for/against）]. vt. 向……供應糧食（或必需品等）[（+for）]  flows unabatedKK 音標. 〔 ˏʌnәˋbetId 〕. 國際音標. 〔 ˏʌnәˊbeitid 〕. 〈 un.a.bat.ed 〉 【形容詞】 不減弱的; 不衰退的..