The Blessing of a Limp

Ever feel like you’re wrestling with God instead of resting in Him?

You’ve tried to plan, control, and hold everything together. You’ve worked hard to protect your image, your family, and your future. But if you’re honest, it’s exhausting—and there are parts of you that still need to change.

In this Father’s Day message, Pastor Lance looks at Jacob’s story in Genesis 32, where a lifelong struggler meets God alone by the river and discovers that the real battle isn’t just around him—it’s inside him. As Jacob wrestles, God touches what he’s been leaning on, gives him a limp, and speaks a new name over his life, showing us that God isn’t just trying to make us slightly better versions of our old selves. He wants to make us new.

If you’ve been trying to control outcomes, clinging to old patterns, or living under names like angry, addicted, fearful, or failure, this message will invite you to stop fighting for control, surrender what God is touching in your life, and begin to walk forward with a different kind of strength—one that comes from a changed identity and a surrendered heart.