When He was alone…the twelve asked Him about the parable. —Mark 4:10
His 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.
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