Jacob’s encounter at the Jabbok River is one of Scripture’s strangest stories: alone in the darkness, he suddenly finds himself wrestling with a mysterious stranger until daybreak. Jacob refuses to let go until he receives a blessing—and when morning comes, he leaves with a new name, a changed identity, and a limp.

In this Sunday Spark Sermon, Pastor Zach asks what Jacob’s struggle might reveal about our own wrestling with God, our neighbors, and the challenges of life.

We often want to win. We fight for our positions, our security, our way forward, and the things we believe will finally make everything right. But faith asks us to examine what we are really wrestling for: Is the blessing we seek the blessing God is actually offering?

God’s blessing may not leave us unchanged. Like Jacob, faithful struggle can wo ...