"I Can't Wear A Hat!" (Matthew 10:30)

My voice teacher shared an amusing anecdote. Several years ago, he was invited to sing in an opera. It was a period piece and the performance required him to wear a hat with a brim. After a few minutes of singing, the musical director yelled out, “What are you doing?”

Confused, he replied, “What do you mean?”

“Your voice is completely off!”

My teacher quickly surmised that the hat was altering the way his voice sounded to his own ears. When he sang, his voice bounced off the brim of the hat in a way that subtly altered his perception of his own voice. Without knowing, he was changing the way he sang simply because he wore a hat! He confided in me, “I can’t wear a hat when I sing!”

His story reminded me of how just slight changes in our daily routine can completely throw an entire day out of balance. Recently I was ill with the flu. To fight off the nausea and vomiting, I slept for over 12 hours. The rest did me well but it completely threw off my usual routine. The evening before, I set my alarm to an incorrect wake up time. That morning, I went downstairs to make my coffee but soon realized that I had not put my contact lenses on, usually my first action when I awaken. When I got to my office, I forgot my electronic passcode to the door, one that I used for the past 2 years, and had to look it up on my smart phone. For the rest of the day, the glitches continued-all because my usual routine was interrupted.

But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

Matthew 10:30 (NKJV)

Thank goodness that God is not susceptible to any distractions that could take His attention away from me! He is always thinking about me, praying and interceding on my behalf. The depth of His knowledge of me is so deep, so profound, that He even knows the very number of hairs on my head. And this is just me. What about the details of every living creature who lives or has ever lived or will live?

Little changes in our routines can have a significant impact upon our daily activities. Thanks be to God that He is unchanging and immovable in His attention to me and the details and direction He has for my life!

Love and trust the Lord; seek His will in your life.