The One Year Bible - Day 16

Genesis 32:22 has this amazing story of Jacob wrestling with God. This is one of those mysterious stories that we can read all sorts of things into or read it at face value. What we do know is that this is the birth of Israel, the man and the nation and it is birthed in prophecy - the prophecy that Israel will struggle against God. I do wonder what would have happened if Jacob was more like Moses or Joshua rather than Jacob the trickster but either way, God has chosen to use someone much less than perfect and makes him into a nation. How much can he do through us when we forget our shame and go to God in humility?