「你若不給我祝福，我就不讓你去。...於是祂在那裏給雅各祝福。」－創世記32:26, 29
他的大腿窩被神扭了一下，已經無力繼續角力了，但他沒有放棄，仍然纏住對手不放；腿雖然瘸了，但手仍緊緊纏繞對方的頸項，用全身的重量壓在神秘的對手身上，直到戰勝為止。
禱告的原則也是這樣，我們得停下自己的掙扎努力，放下意見，伸出信心的手臂纏繞父的頸項，禱告才能得著答應。
微小、脆弱的人究竟能從全能者的手中得到什麼呢？我們能用蠻力強奪神的祝福嗎？
任性絕不能從神的手裡強取豪奪；只有堅韌、不動搖的信心，才能幫助我們得到神的祝福和勝利。
意志的堅持不能帶給我們什麼，我們只能謙卑的信靠祂：「不要成就我的意思，只要成就你的意思」。
唯有當我們的己被主征服致死，我們才能因著主而剛強。
因為我們的蒙福，不是憑著苦苦掙扎，而是藉著倚靠和依賴。－密勒
"I will not let thee go, except thou bless me ... and he blessed him there." (Gen. 32:26, 29).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
