Have you ever been . . .
ALONE
WITH GOD?
“When He was alone .
. . the twelve asked Him about the parable” (Mark 4:10).
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Solitude with Us. When God gets us
alone through suffering, heartbreak, temptation, disappointment, sickness, or
by thwarted desires, a broken friendship, or a new friendship—when He gets us
absolutely alone, and we are totally speechless, unable to ask even one
question, then He begins to teach us. Notice Jesus Christ’s training of the
Twelve. It was the disciples, not the crowd outside, who were confused. His
disciples constantly asked Him questions, and He constantly explained things to
them, but they didn’t understand until after they received the Holy Spirit (see
John 14:26).
As you journey with God, the only
thing He intends to be clear is the way He deals with your soul. The sorrows
and difficulties in the lives of others will be absolutely confusing to you. We
think we understand another person’s struggle until God reveals the same
shortcomings in our lives. There are vast areas of stubbornness and ignorance
the Holy Spirit has to reveal in each of us, but it can only be done when Jesus
gets us alone. Are we alone with Him now? Or are we more concerned with our own
ideas, friendships, and cares for our bodies? Jesus cannot teach us anything
until we quiet all our intellectual questions and get alone with Him.
MY
UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST
OSWALD
CHAMBERS
Edited by James Reimann
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