0113 你曾与神独处过吗？（2）
无人的时候，跟从耶稣的人和十二个门徒问祂这比喻的意思。《马可福音4:10》
祂与我们独处。当神让我们独自经历苦难、心碎、试探、失望、疾病、挫败的欲望、破裂的友谊，或新友情时，也就是当祂让我们全然孤独时，我们完全说不出话来，甚至无法提出一个问题，然后，祂才开始教导我们。请留意耶稣基督对十二位门徒的训练，是门徒而非外面的人群感到困惑。祂的门徒不断地问祂问题，祂也不断地向他们解释，但他们并不明白，直到他们领受了圣灵才明白（参见约翰福音14:26）。
当你与神同行时，祂唯一想要弄清楚的，是祂对待你灵魂的方式。别人生活中的悲伤和困难绝对会让你感到困惑。我们认为我们理解另一个人的挣扎，直到神揭示我们生活中也有同样的缺点。圣灵必须揭露我们每个人身上许多顽固和无知的地方，但只有当耶稣与我们独处时才能做到这一点。现在我们单独和祂在一起吗？还是我们更关心自己的想法、友谊和对身体的关心？除非我们平息所有我们的智力问题并与耶稣独处，否则祂无法教导我们任何事情。
来自章伯斯的智慧
当你快乐时，就快乐吧；当你悲伤时，就悲伤吧。如果神给了你一杯甜酒，就不要让它变苦了；如果祂给了你一杯苦酒，不要试图让它变甜；当事情临到时，接受它们吧。《祂手的阴影》
0113 Have You Ever Been Alone with God? (2)
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.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
When you are joyful, be joyful; when you are sad, be sad. If God has given you a sweet cup, don’t make it bitter; and if He has given you a bitter cup, don’t try and make it sweet; take things as they come. Shade of His Hand, 1226 L