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Text: Genesis 32: 26-32

MEDITATION

Genesis 32:26-32

26 And He said, “Let Me go, for the day breaks.” But he said, “I will not let You go unless You bless me!”
27 So He said to him, “What is your name?” He said, “Jacob.”
28 And He said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with God and with men, and have prevailed.”
29 Then Jacob asked, saying, “Tell me Your name, I pray.” And He said, “Why is it that you ask about My name?” And He blessed him there.
30 So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: “For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”
31 Just as he crossed over Penuel the sun rose on him, and he limped on his hip.
32 Therefore to this day the children of Israel do not eat the muscle that shrank, which is on the hip socket, because He touched the socket of Jacob’s hip in the muscle that shrank.

MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE

1. A significant encounter

a. The Heavenly Man was going to leave.

b. Jacob would not let Him go before He gave His blessing.
He recognized that he needed divine blessing for what lay ahead.

2. The change of Jacob’s name

a. Jacob was the name given at his birth.

i. It was not a great name symbolically.

ii. In life, Jacob lived up to his name… “a heel grabber”.

b. A new name given

i. He was to be given a new name.

ii. He would be called “Israel” (a prince of God..

3. Jacob’s request to know the name of the Heavenly Man

This was turned down. It was enough for Jacob to have experienced God’s presence!

4. Naming the place “Peniel” (the face of God.

Jacob realized that he had “seen” the face of God when the Heavenly Man visited him.
He would walk with a limp henceforth to remind him of this encounter. (His descendants would never eat any meat of the hip joint area.)

经文：创世记 32：26-32

沉思

《创世记 32：26-32》
26 那人说：“天黎明了，容我去吧。”雅各说：“你不给我祝福，我就不容你去。”
27 那人说：“你名叫什么？”他说：“我名叫雅各。”
28 那人说：“你的名不要再叫雅各，要叫以色列，因为你与神与人较力，都得了胜。”
29 雅各问他说：“请将你的名告诉我。”那人说：“何必问我的名？”于是在那里给雅各祝福。
30 雅各便给那地方起名叫毗努伊勒，意思说：“我面对面见了神，我的性命仍得保全。”
31 日头刚出来的时候，雅各经过毗努伊勒，他的大腿就瘸了。

32 故此，以色列人不吃大腿窝的筋，直到今日，因为那人摸了雅各大腿窝的筋。

在生活里有意义地应用

1. 一个重大的相遇

a. 属天上的人要离开了

b. 如果祂不给雅各主福，雅各就不容祂去

雅各意识到他需要神圣的祝福来应付眼前所要面对的

2. 改换雅各的名字

a. 雅各是他出生时取的名字

i. 从象征性的角度来看，这并不是个特好的名字

ii. 在雅各的生命里，他活出了自己的名字的意思……“一个抓住脚跟的人”

b. 赐了一个新名字

i. 他将被赐一个新名字

ii. 他将被称为“以色列”（上帝的王子）

3. 雅各请求知道属天上的人的名字

他的请求被拒绝了。雅各经历了上帝的同在已经足够了！

4. 给那地方起名叫“毗努伊勒”（上帝的面）

雅各意识到当属天上的人拜访他时，他已经“看见”了上帝的面容。此后，他的大腿将瘸了，以提醒他这次的相遇。（他的后代将永远不吃大腿窝的筋。）