In our Old Testament lesson this morning, we heard about Jacob wrestling with a strange man. This occurred after a series of events God placed in Jacob’s life to form him into the patriarch he was to become. As with many of the great men of the Old Testament, we see the marvelous work of God in action through His instruments of sinful men, just like us, who don’t always remember to put their hope and trust where it belongs – in God, on the cross of Christ - our perfect asylum.