He Who Is Cautious is Wise

For most of his life, Blake had a hair-trigger — the moment he sensed he might disappoint someone, fight or flight would fire, and he’d swing or bolt before he ever paused. In this episode, he gets honest about the hurtful consequences of plunging ahead, and the slow lesson underneath it: his recklessness wasn’t confidence, it was fear.Anchored in Proverbs 14:16 and Isaiah 30:15, this devotional reframes godly caution — not as timidity or passivity, but as the wisdom to pause and bring the moment to God before reacting. Blake unpacks the difference between real caution and cowardly avoidance, why we so easily mistake fear for wisdom, and how the small gap of a holy pause turns a reaction into a response.Follow Before the Lord on Facebook (@BeforeTheLord) and Instagram (@beforethelorddevo). Get devotionals delivered to your inbox at blakescrawford.com/sign-up, or listen anytime at blakescrawford.com/listen.