Alone With God

Tonight I came upon a great devotional from My Utmost For His Highest devotional. This devotional, which I have included below, discusses how God uses the moments we spend alone with Him to teach us His will for our lives.

Have You Ever Been Alone with God? – My Utmost For His Highest devotional

“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.

I wanted to include this devotional today, because I felt it really spoke to me. So often even when I am having quiet time with the Lord I am so focused on myself and all that is going on in my life that I am not silent long enough in His presence to hear from Him.

I challenge us today to take a few moments to quiet our hearts and listen to what He wants to say to us. May you meet God with a teachable spirit and an open heart.

In Christ,
Shannon

“Can I Stay Here Forever” – Starfield
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMmOO6-PCVw