Peniel Lyrics - Singles - Spring Of Hope

It's not hard to be an Esau 

The hunger burns like acid 

To corrode and erode your fight and faith 

It's not hard to be a Cain 

When you've got to shift the blame 

And tell yourself your faults are fate 

But it's an agony to live a promise 

To stake your life on a hope 

To trust and pray and reach but wait 

When weakness is your strength 

And it's in dying that you live 

My name is Jacob 

I know what I want and where to get it 

I connive and contrive for what should be mine 

And expect no one could give it 

But I'm scared tonight 

For the truth and I must meet 

I've played my last prank; I shiver on this bank 

Naked in the fig leaves of my deceit 

[Chorus] 

But this is my Peniel 

In the morning I'll face my past 

But tonight a promise I grasp 

This is my fight for faith 

An angel wrestles me 

That's blood on the ground you see 

I'm a hard one to bless 

But can I settle for something less? 

What I knew, I know no more; my pride has hit the floor 

But by the break of morn, Israel shall be born 

[Chorus]