「只剩下雅各一人，有一個人和他摔跤，直到黎明。」－創世記32:24
「只剩下一人」！
每個人對這句話的領會都不盡相同。有些人覺得這代表孤單寂寞；有些人卻覺得寧靜安息。
若是沒有神的同在而只剩下一人，那這句話的確是糟透了；但若是有神的同在而剩下一人，那這豈不是屬天之國的預嘗呢？
如果神的兒女能花更多的時間私下與主同在，那我們豈不就有更多的屬靈偉人了！
我們的主已為我們立下了榜樣。祂經常單獨私下的親近神；並且祂也這樣吩咐我們：「你禱告的時候，要進你的密室，關上門，禱告你在隱密中的父」（馬太福音6:6）。
以利亞和以利沙最大的神蹟是出現在他們單獨與神在一起的時候；
雅各與神同處的時候被稱為神的王子；
神在約書亞獨自一人的時候來到他身旁；
神在基甸和耶弗他單獨的時候吩咐他們拯救以色列；
當摩西在曠野孤單放羊時，神在荊棘的火中向他顯現；
哥尼流獨自禱告的時候，天使進前到他身旁；
當彼得被差遣往外邦地去時，沒有人在他身旁；
施浸者約翰一人獨處於曠野；
主所愛的約翰最親近神的時候，是他一人被流放到拔摩海島的時候。
你要切慕單獨與神同處；若忽略了這個，你不僅自己得不到祝福，別人也因你失去祝福。
這或許代表需要減少外面的工作，但這也表示你已得到更深的啟示和能力，而結果將會是「舉目不見一人，只見耶穌」（馬太福音17:8）。
"And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day" (Gen. 32:24).Left alone! What different sensations those words conjure up to each of us. To some they spell loneliness and desolation, to others rest and quiet. To be left alone without God, would be too awful for words, but to be left alone with Him is a foretaste of Heaven! If His followers spent more time alone with Him, we should have spiritual giants again.
The Master set us an example. Note how often He went to be alone with God; and He had a mighty purpose behind the command, "When thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray."
The greatest miracles of Elijah and Elisha took place when they were alone with God. It was alone with God that Jacob became a prince; and just there that we, too, may become princes--"men (aye, and women too!) wondered at" (Zech. 3:8). Joshua was alone when the Lord came to him. (Josh. 1:1) Gideon and Jephthah were by themselves when commissioned to save Israel. (Judges 6:11 and 11:29) Moses was by himself at the wilderness bush. (Exodus 3:1-5) Cornelius was praying by himself when the angel came to him. (Acts 10:2) No one was with Peter on the house top, when he was instructed to go to the Gentiles. (Acts 10:9) John the Baptist was alone in the wilderness (Luke 1:90), and John the Beloved alone in Patmos, when nearest God. (Rev. 1:9)
