He Filleth the Hungry With Good Things

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IN Luke 2:47-54, we see it is "the mighty" that God puts down, "the rich" that He sends empty away, and "the proud" He scatters in the imagination of their hearts; but He does "great things" for the lowly—those who feel themselves to be of "low estate"—and filleth "the hungry" with good things. Oh then to be viler in our own eyes, meaner and weaker in our own sight, that His might and His goodness and blessing may be more with us. It was when Jacob felt. his thorough helplessness that he clung to the One who wrestled with him, saying, "I will not let thee go except thou bless me;" and it was when he took his becoming place of vile, confessing his name to be Jacob (the supplanter), that God called his name Israel (Prince), and declared that he had power with God and with man, and had prevailed. (Gen. 32:24-3024And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. 25And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. 26And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 27And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. 28And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. 29And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. 30And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. (Genesis 32:24‑30).)