(Galatians 1:15-17 NKJV) But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, (16) to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood, (17) nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went to Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.
Sometimes it needs to be just us and God, you and God, me and God, solamente.
Sometimes we need to not “confer with flesh and blood” but just listen to what God has to say sans human interference.
Think about it for a minute, all the Bible study aids, radio call-in shows, seminars, books, group Bible studies. Why not just God? Or why not just God and his word? In his providential care, God gives us himself and his word, but we like the background noise and distraction of humanity. Kind of like people who can’t be in a house by themselves without the radio or TV blaring.
Before Paul heard what all the “guys” had to say, God wanted to get his attention so he removed him from human interference.
Too often we are like children in school who when confronted with a “situation” we look first to see what our friends are doing. And in the evangelical world we have quite an influence, quite a cloud of “witnesses” but are these particular witnesses drowning out the voice of God.
Yes! Way too often.
