November 11
The Bent-Knee TimeSTUPIDITY AND WOOING
God’s wooing never ceases while there’s the least chance of winning. Isaac’s blessing— in the very language used—was a reminder to scheming Jacob that only through God’s blessing could he be blest or succeed. His cunning bargaining would fail. Its results wouldn’t be worthwhile when the final reckoning was made. They would only embitter his last years. He goes stupidly on scheming and bargaining, depending on himself alone, but the wooing goes on, too, and finally wins.