Once you are fully in with the Good Shepherd, you bring your dependence on Him, too. We love to be independent, especially so men. Sooner or later like the man in two canoes, the waters of life become turbulent. Often it takes some of that to cause us to see the need of the Good Shepherd.
In James 1:5-8, it says, “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveh to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For He that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.”
The man with his feet in two canoes was double-minded. He was trying to play it safe and by so doing, set himself up for disaster. You cannot be half way trusting the Lord and with the other half going your own way. This is why so many find that the promises of God don’t seem to work for them. The above scripture tells us if we waver we should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. Double mindedness brings instability. Double mindedness comes from unbelief. Unbelief comes from not knowing the Good Shepherd. We don’t need to be part of that crowd, but with them who believe to the saving of the soul.
Let There Be Life 