dumb sheep dave

Promoting Jesus Dependency

  • When I want easy circumstances

    I’m confident I know what’s best for me.   And irritated that I have harrrd, not easy.  Agendafied.  Independent.  Prideful.  Worldly.  Sometimes Jesus loves me well, by convicting me of my sin of independence, so I can be thankful for either harrrd or easy, not knowing which would be best for me.  How could harrrd be…

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  • ShepherdDave has a zeal for God,

    but he’s blind to the enormity of his sin.  Because the outside of his cup is clean, he focuses on the cups of others.  Critical, judgmental, competitive.  Unless he likes them.  ShepherdDave loves being right.  Loves being admired.  Loves feeling worthy.  He is unsatisfied with the imputed righteousness/worthiness of Jesus.  ShepherdDave wants some of his…

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  • ShepherdDave needs a reality check

    every morning, and all day long.  I wake up thinking that what I see with my eyes is reality.  But there’s way more to reality.  Scripture says Jesus is behind everything and everyone, and THAT reality is way-more important to my happiness than what I see on Facebook, TV, email, or as I’m walking, driving,…

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  • Only the humble can love unconditionally.

    Love self, unconditionally, love others, unconditionally.  Enemies too.  Humility is impossible.  Only the Spirit of Jesus can make a believer humble.  And it’s short-lived.  Believers can act humble, but the litmus-paper test, is what happens when all our worthiness is taken away?  Position, power, wealth, health, freedom?  A humble believer doesn’t mind at all, losing…

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  • ShepherdDave is an independent branch,

    bearing no fruit, because he doesn’t remain in the Vine.  ShepherdDave is unfruitful, non-reproducing, with pre-believers.  Uncontagious.  Boring.  Independence never produces fruit, does not reproduce.  Worldliness.  Self-reliance.  Human-powered. –ShepherdDave, needing to be convicted of the sin of independence, momentarily transformed by the Spirit into DumbSheepDave, following his ShepherdJesus, so he might be fruitful with the…

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  • Eyesight-trust leaves me feeling alone,

    up to ME, pressure to make things happen.  With eyesight-trust, the only reality is what I can see with my eyes.  On Facebook, TV, books, walking, driving, whatever. With Shepherd-trust, I see Jesus behind everything and everyone, including potholes and jerks.  Reality.  Shepherd-trust leaves me curious, expectant, to see what Jesus does next, in me,…

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  • I’m the happiest when

    the Spirit opens my eyes afresh and I realize that what’s going on in my life, is that Jesus is growing me in self-awareness and self-acceptance of my dysfunctional self.  Ahhh, it’s okay to be DysfunctionalDave.  Ahhh, so that’s why He thwarts my agenda, why things aren’t going the way I want, why I have…

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  • When my heart beats rapidly

    because an area of idolatry appears wildly successful, I’m ShepherdDave, with the name of Jesus, but not the benefit of Jesus. When I’m DumbSheepDave, I’m so completely satisfied by my ShepherdJesus that the potential for huge success doesn’t even phase me.  Healthy indifference to the things that charm ShepherdDave. –ShepherdDave, needing the Spirit to freshly…

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  • My to-do list for today

    is secondary, and what’s primary is my goal of working through my list as DumbSheepDave, not ShepherdDave.  I have zero hope of reaching my goal, unless You give me Your Spirit, convicting me of my sin of independence/worldliness/shepherdness each time I become intense, obsessive, perfectionistic, as I work on my projects. –ShepherdDave, miracle-needy believer if…

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  • When I see with ShepherdDave eyes,

    I experience death – I’m circumstance-dependent for my joy and peace, a control-freak perfectionist trying desperately to engineer happiness for myself and others.  Experiencing The Curse.  The very-worst aspect of The Curse, is imagining I have the wisdom/understanding to guide me through my day, my life.  Worldly.  Independent.  Agendafied.  ShepherdDave.  Having the name of Jesus,…

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