“There wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.” Genesis "32":24
It was not Jacob who wrestled but God who came and wrestled with him to bring about his utter surrender. The object of wrestling is to force a man down until he is unable to move so that he yields to the victor. Jacob was stronger than most, but God conquered. When he would not yield, God “touched him.” With one touch, He did what great strength would not do.<br/><br/>The thigh is the strongest part of the body, a fitting type of our own natural strength. Your strong point and mine may be quite different from Jacob’s. Ambition, boasting, self-love—each of us has his own, but for each of us, that dislocating work is a definite crisis of experience. What happened looked like a defeat for Jacob, but God said he had prevailed. This is what happens when we surrender, beaten at God’s feet.