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.  

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.

Oswald Chambers