Overcoming Your Blindspots

Have you ever noticed that some people have 20/20 vision for the flaws and misdeeds of others but complete myopia when it comes to themselves? They have a keen eye for the faults of others, but a serious case of “I” trouble when it comes to their own.

Jesus recognized this issue and uses this metaphor. "The eye is the lamp of the body; so then if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad…" (In other words, if you cannot see the truth about you) "…your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!"

Dave DeSelmMarch 15, 2019Bible, transformation, blindspots, discipleship, mirror, self-deception, teachableComment

Falling Cows and Other Calamities

The following account appeared in both Reuters and in the New York Times Magazine: Earlier this year (1996), the dazed crew of a Japanese trawler were plucked out of the Sea of Japan clinging to the wreckage of their sunken ship.

Their rescue, however, was followed by immediate imprisonment once authorities questioned the sailors on their ship’s loss. To a man they claimed that a cow, falling out of a clear blue sky, had struck the trawler amidships…

Dave DeSelmMarch 13, 2019discipleship, falling cows, calamity, anxiety, 1 Peter 5:7, faith, trustComment

Big God-ers

According to A. W. Tozer, the most important thing about you is what comes to your mind when you think about God. “Were we to extract from any man a complete answer to the question, ‘What comes to your mind when you think about God?’ we might predict with certainty the spiritual future of that man.”

Devotionals for Every Day Disciples

Biblical inspiration for pastors and their people