Hide Yourself

For years, I read Proverbs 22:3 — “the prudent sees danger and hides himself” — as a warning about temptation. But recently he came to see it from a harder, more personal angle: what if the danger also includes harm done to you? This episode is about the courage to step back from a relationship that’s slowly wearing you down.Today we walk through how to tell a hard-but-healthy relationship from a truly toxic one (which way is it moving?), why the enemy loves to isolate us and why we’re never meant to make this call alone, and how David models a God-honoring way to withdraw — deliberately, prayerfully, without vengeance. Stepping back, he reminds us, is not the same as failing to forgive.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. Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, and iHeart.