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"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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