dumb sheep dave

Promoting Jesus Dependency

  • The worst preacher, or parent, or teacher, or counselor, or leader,

    is the chief encourager –  positive thinker.  “You can do this.”  The next best is the chief accuser –  helping people see the sin to which they are blind.  But the best – the one most likely to be used of the Spirit to transform lives, is the chief confessor.  The chief remover of logs…

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  • I see myself as a good Christian,

    but in my saner moments, these days, I see I’m a bad Christian, bad follower of Jesus.  I follow MYSELF, not Jesus.  I lean on my OWN understanding, am wise in my OWN eyes.  I do not ASK Him about everything and THANK Him about everything, because I don’t need to.  Whyzat?  Because I’m confident-I-know-what’s-best. …

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  • My great desire,

    is to be DumbSheepDave all the time.  I’m happiest when I’m DumbSheepDave.  Life is so much easier as DumbSheepDave.  But when I’m DumbSheepDave, I’m surprisingly willing to be ShepherdDave, surrendered to that worst-case scenario, for Jesus’ purposes to be fulfilled.  Not my will be done, Lord, but Yours.  Whatever it takes in my life for…

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  • Be Kind to Yourself

    is one of my favorite songs, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYiM-sOC6nE&list=PLIdJWlzi4Ps5LC5A4eeUGFcR9x-LzDlmf but the problem with the theology of the song is, it’s impossible to be kind to myself, unless the Spirit freshly convicts me of my pride, because when I’m proud ShepherdDave I ooze with self-contempt when I embarrass myself, fail bigtime. But when I’m humble DumbSheepDave, I could…

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  • Why aren’t I giddily grateful,

    for all I have in Jesus?  Because I find Him and His imputed worthiness unsatisfying.  I want MORE than what He offers me.  I want better circumstances, wannabe a better follower of Him, wannabe more fruitful with the lost, wannabe grateful for all I have in Him.  Whyzat?  Because I don’t like me just as…

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  • I’m addicted to cool.

    I mean, majorly, hopelessly, strung out.  I’ve been driving a rental car for the past two weeks, and now I’m back in my cool, fast Passat, with 18″ wheels, and performance tires, that handles awesomely.  Every time I get in it, I feel cool.  Especially when I step on the accelerator and the VR6 roars,…

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  • A perfectionist never experiences contentment.

    I would never have considered myself a perfectionist, because I’ve lived in denial of the real me most of my life, but it’s clear in analyzing my life, analyzing why I do what I do, that I’ve never been a contented person, contented follower of Jesus. I think down deep, I’ve always wanted more, better.…

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  • ShepherdDave imagines that better circumstances

    will provide more happiness. Or even being a better Dave, will provide more happiness. ShepherdDave’s understanding of how to be a better Dave, involves striving to believe better, do better, obey better, and enjoy better — others and himself. Problem is, there is no way ShepherdDave can improve himself ENOUGH to satisfy the harsh, perfectionistic…

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  • Thank You that grace is for failures,

    that if flows downhill to the failures who know they are failures, so they have a healthy-indifference to their failures and successes, because Jesus is everything to them, and everything else is nothing — including any interest in critiquing/judging others. Thank You for dragging me down this pathway of healing, and that I’m not-yet healed,…

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  • Achievement is wearisome.

    Ministry is wearisome.  Excellence is wearisome.  Everything is wearisome on Planet Earth.  For ShepherdDave.  Whyzat?  Because achievement is a way of proving myself worthy.  Because Jesus and His imputed worthiness is unsatisfying to me when I’m ShepherdDave.  But I live in denial of why I strive for excellence in all things, imaging myself doing good,…

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