"From Struggle to Surrender" -Genesis 32:1-32

Speaker: Steve Lee

​Like Jacob, we often exhaust ourselves trying to make life work in our favor, but God’s agenda is often not to deliver us from hardship as quickly as possible, but to teach us through our struggles.

Discussion Questions:

1. In what areas of my life am I still trying to make life work on my own terms rather than surrendering those areas to the leadership of Jesus?
2. When I face fear, uncertainty, or disappointment, what do I instinctively cling to for security besides God?
3. Like Jacob, do I tend to see other people or circumstances as the main obstacle to my happiness, while ignoring the deeper work God may want to do in me?
4. What struggles or trials in my life right now might actually be invitations from God to trust him more deeply?
5. How do I normally define success and progress in life? How different is that from the way God measures growth?
6. Am I more focused on getting out of difficult situations, or on asking what God might be forming in me through them?
7. Is there a part of my identity that I have constructed for myself through achievement, control, approval, or reputation that God may be asking me to release?
​8. If the primary goal of my life is becoming more like Jesus rather than comfort or success, how would that change the way I view my current circumstances?