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       Holding on. 
       By: Justaname Date: May 28, 2023, 11:34 am
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       I read this today …
       So I am passing it along …hope that it may bless you.
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       Jacob got the victory and the blessing not by wrestling, but by
       clinging. His limb was out of joint and he could struggle no
       longer, but he would not let go. Unable to wrestle, he wound his
       arms around the neck of his mysterious antagonist and hung all
       his helpless weight upon him, until at last he conquered.
       We will not get victory in prayer until we too cease our
       struggling, giving up our own will and throw our arms about our
       Father’s neck in clinging faith.
       What can puny human strength take by force out of the hand of
       Omnipotence? Can we wrest blessing by force from God? It is
       never the violence of wilfulness that prevails with God. It is
       the might of clinging faith, that gets the blessing and the
       victories. It is not when we press and urge our own will, but
       when humility and trust unite in saying, “Not my will, but
       Thine.” We are strong with God only in the degree that self is
       conquered and is dead. Not by wrestling, but by clinging can we
       get the blessing.
       —J. R. Miller
       
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