Isolation (Proverbs 18:1)

It has been said that silence is golden. However, when a man isolates himself from others he puts himself at risk.

"He who willfully separates and estranges himself [from God and man] seeks his own desire and pretext to break out against all wise and sound judgement." Proverbs 18:1, Amplified

To want to be alone is one thing. Jesus Himself often went off alone to pray and Paul went alone into the desert for a few years. These two men were in isolation in order to build a relationship or even strengthen their relationship. They were alone so they could communicate with their Father. There are those however, whose chief purpose it is to isolate because they do not want to communicate. These men and women do not want to communicate because they are seeking out their own desires. In the New King James this verse reads, "he rages against all wise judgment." In the process of communication one must open himself up to the possibility that he does not have all the answers, that he is not always right. In isolation he does not have to open himself up to the possibility.