Struggling to receive that blessing from God

Many of us walking with God want to hear His voice or receive that one big blessing from Him. But the approach, as we all well know, is not easy at all. One must wrestle with the Lord: Now when I say wrestle with God, I do not mean seeing if you can survive a boxing match with Him. Rather I mean that one must endure with the Lord everyday. He must deny himself and crucify his personal lusts and desires for the sake of the Holy Spirit.

During the book of Genesis, the man known as Jacob/Israel was actually forced to physically wrestle with God until the break of day. It wasn't easy for Jacob to do this. Jacob had to suffer a broken thigh and then still have to manage to continue wrestling with God. This ordeal only stopped when the Lord said it was enough and even then Jacob pleaded that God blessed him. He was an example of one who personally endured with the Lord until the end.

This is what we have to do to receive that blessing or voice from God. Christ said that any man who wants to follow Him, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily. Personally, I am still sojourning with God and waiting to hear His voice.

God teach us to silence ourselves; our wants and desires in order to
hear what you want us to do. Help us endure and proceed on so that we may
come closer towards you. Let us not dash our foot back into our old selves,
but rather we pray You constantly refine and build us better than before.
Most of all, let Your will be the dominate governing authority in our lives.

We pray this in Jesus Christ, Amen.