It might sound strange to say this, but I believe God appreciates when we wrestle over things with Him. By that I mean we work things out with Him. He knows how emotionally involved we can become and that we aren’t just going to accept everything that comes our way without discussion. It’s a deeper relationship with God where you feel you can work things out with Him. And it’s one that bears the fruit of a more intimate relationship in the end.
Genesis 32:24-25: “And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.” This famous account of where Jacob wrestles with God shows God’s willingness to work with man. Jacob wouldn’t let go until He blessed him. That persistence I believe God appreciates, whether it be in prayer, in believing, in coming to the point where we yield to God’s will. God isn’t afraid of our wrestling as sometimes we are maybe afraid of it. And through prayer is sometimes the most productive times of wrestling with our Heavenly Father. It’s not about learning to get our way but coming to the point where we’re OK with letting God have His way.
Acts 15:39: “And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;” Here Paul and Barnabas were in disagreement about taking John Mark along on a journey to visit the churches they had built. It was such a point of contention with them that the ended up going their separate ways. But this didn’t mean Paul and Barnabas didn’t remain friends or lost their relationship with one another. On the contrary, I believe it was because they had such an established relationship that they both felt they could lay their thoughts and feelings out on the table. They may have disagreed here, but they still respected on another.
Proverbs 27:5: “Open rebuke is better than secret love.” Sometimes in being afraid to speak our minds we actually do more damage than just speaking up. If we hold things in they can easily fester. And while going along with someone else’s decision may not necessarily be wrong, the turmoil it causes us on the inside can be causing us undue internal stress. Sometimes we may justify this by thinking we’re doing them a favor, but we’re not doing ourselves any favors. And if we do decide on going their way, we can alleve unnecessary stress by at least letting our thoughts be known.
Luke 22:42: “Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.” The best example we have here of working things out with God comes from Jesus. Jesus, in the Garden of Gethsemane, knows what is before Him in the form of the cross. He understands the weight and the fullness of what He is about to bear. He appeals to the Father to release Him from this burden. But He knows in the end, and yields to the reality that there is no other way. His relationship is such that it’s one based on complete trust. While He knew the Father well enough to bear His heart to Him fully, He also knew Him well enough to know that this request isn’t one the Father would make lightly. And at the heart of all this is relationship.
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Genesis 32:24-25: “And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.”
Acts 15:39: “And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;”
Proverbs 27:5: “Open rebuke is better than secret love.”
Luke 22:42: “Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.”