Christ was not unscathed in His work at the cross. He had the scars to prove the reality of His suffering. Jacob was not unscathed in his conversion. He walked with a limp. True conversion requires a wrestling with our selves, with our own human nature, and with a God who is perfectly holy. It will not leave us unscathed. It is designed to call our attention to the weakness of our flesh. Only then will we be able to say with Paul (2 Cor 12:10), “For when I am weak, then I am strong.”