This new life that Paul speaks of – is taking off the old and putting on our new self.  But for many of us, this is a painful, almost impossible struggle.  For when doubt and fear have our minds so conditioned, anything that’s new or requires us to be bold, will be met with resistance.  We want to change, but fear has us so bound up – we can’t.   And so we wrestle with God.  But wrestling with God is a good thing.  For God isn’t our opponent, it’s rather our old self and fear we’re battling against .  And as long as we continue to grapple with God,  we’re still engaged and interacting with Him…and hopefully listening along the way.   In Genesis 32:28, after Jacob and the Lord had wrestled all night, God gave Jacob a new name.  And God has a new name for you too, but it involves the renewing of your mind.  It means taking on a new self-perception of who you are in Christ…and then accepting that daily restoration of your inner strength…so that you may be victorious over doubt and fear.