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can God isolate you in order to transform you perhaps the better question is does isolation lead to transformation well I think to answer these questions we have to look in the Bible the first case we'll look at is Moses Moses was a man who experienced many Supernatural things in his life he had an encounter with God through the burning bush he was right at the front of the extraordinary parting of the Red Sea in Exodus 19 Moses went up to Mount Si to meet with God Moses witnessed Mount Si being enveloped in Smoke because the Lord came down upon it in fire in Exodus 33 Moses would go into a tent and a pillar of cloud would come down and stay at the entrance while the Lord spoke with Moses and here's how much of a special relationship Moses had with God the Bible says in Exodus 33:1 so the Lord spoke to Moses face to face as a man speaks to his friend and he would return to the camp but his servant Joshua the son of nun a young man did not depart from the Tabernacle but with such a special relationship did God ever isolate Moses was Moses ever alone with no one else but God around he certainly was Exodus 34:28 says so he was there with the Lord 40 days and 40 nights he neither ate bread nor drank water and he wrote on the tablets the words of the Covenant The Ten Commandments Moses was alone with God for 40 days and 40 nights the Bible doesn't reveal everything about what went on between Moses and God but after this period of isolation Moses was not the same because the Bible tells us in Exodus 34: 29-30 that when Moses came down from Mount Si with the two tablets of the Covenant law in his hands he was not aware that his face was radiant because he had spoken with the Lord when Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses his face was radiant and they were afraid to come near him such was the transformation in Moses that it was visible his face was shining so here is the first case that we can clearly see how God can use isolation to transform a person you are isolated from others so you can be alone with God and through that encounter you are inwardly transformed and outwardly changed the second case is Joseph Joseph encountered a different kind of isolation although he had a family he was set apart from his family although he had Brothers he was isolated and separated from his home from his father all because of the hate he received from his brothers because of Piper's wife Joseph lost his freedom and was imprisoned but all of the isolation and separation that Joseph experienced was leading him to a destination that God only knew sometimes isolation is painful sometimes isolation is in fact God's preparation in the case of Joseph God allowed him to be separated from his way of life his people his family and loved ones God allowed it so that one day Joseph would save their lives now the third case I want to highlight is the unnamed woman with an issue of blood in Mark 5 for 12 years she she endured this terrible illness she suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had she exhausted every possible Avenue that she could and yet instead of getting better she grew worse but here's where her story takes a dramatic turn picture this woman an outcast of society isolated from everyone she suffered with this issue of blood for years and years this woman had run out of resources she had run out of friends and run out of favors she had nowhere else to go but then one day Jesus Christ is passing by and the Amplified translation of Mark 5: 27-29 says she had heard reports about Jesus and she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his outer robe for she thought if I just touch his clothing I will get well immediately her flow of blood was dried up and she felt in her body and knew without any doubt that she was healed of her suffering could it be that God allowed this woman to be isolated and cut off from society so that he could demonstrate his healing power could it be that God allowed this woman to be seen as an outcast by all of the community only so that God can show that he can restore anyone no matter how bad the situation looks now consider what you may be going through it may be painful it may be lonely but what if God has allowed this season of isolation in your life because he knows people are watching you and when he turns your situation around your testimony can be seen and not just heard the fourth case of isolation is our Lord Jesus Christ Jesus was alone in the wilderness for 40 days and 40 nights no food no disciples Jesus was alone and he was even tested and tempted by the devil Satan tempted Jesus three times and each time Jesus referred to the word of God the devil knocked three times and each time he was answered with the word of God the devil offered riches he said if it's money you want worship me if it's power you want worship me Jesus was offered the kingdoms of This World by Satan but Jesus was content he was full of God's word he was satisfied with God's word three times Jesus responded by saying it is written and he referred to the word of God this season of isolation for Jesus I believe was a spiritual battle his fleshly body was denied all that it wanted in order for him to focus on God his body was at its weakest and the devil tempted him but his Spirit was strong enough to resist after this period of isol Jesus's Ministry began now let me pose this question to you we will not ever experience the same kind of isolation and testing that Jesus did but perhaps we will experience a season where we find ourselves isolated and tempted tempted to sin tempted to walk away from God tempted to give in to Unholy desires this is spiritual warfare this is a season of isolation that will either strengthen your faith or take you backwards in the Book of James we're told to count it as Joy when we Face trial and adversity however for many of us we see adversity as a negative how can something that seems so hard in the moment be something we find joy in well it is because God uses that adversity to shape and mold us God grows us into what he wants us to be by the hard things we face the path that you face may be hard but the calling God has for you is higher with the Journey of a thorny path comes a man or woman of God with a high calling the Bible is full of people who had challenging paths but High callings the most notable of those people would be Jesus from the very beginning of his ministry he faced challenges Jesus went into the Wilderness to seek God and fast for 40 days while while fasting Satan showed up and tried to tempt Jesus into sinning while traveling with his disciples people constantly judged and persecuted Jesus many times the religious leaders of the day the Pharisees and Sadducees tried to make him look bad his own family and Hometown rejected him on multiple occasions people tried to Stone Jesus they even tried to throw him off a cliff then of course everyone turned their back on him crowds of people screamed cruc