What has God been teaching me lately?  Mostly, I think, that my perceptions don’t matter, that the perceptions of others don’t matter, that His is the only opinion, perception, perspective…whatever…that really matters.  When I think about this, it makes me want to raise a bit of a defense.  To my ears, it sounds a lot like saying that people don’t matter.  It sounds like an excuse to give in to my temptation to not care about people. But it isn’t.  Actually, it ends up being quite the opposite…perhaps to the chagrin of my carnal self.  It means that when God tells me to do something, I don’t get to care how someone else will see it.  I don’t get to over-analyze and come up with all of the ways that I could come out looking like a fool…or if I do the analysis, it can’t matter.  I had a conversation with God the other day that went something like this.

Me: “God, I did what you told me to do and it didn’t matter.”

God: “It did matter to me.”

That was it.  Not much of a conversation, but enough to make me think.  It reminded me of whose opinion is most important.  It reminded me how necessary it is that I recognize His voice.  It reminded me that my perceptions can be flawed.  I don’t know the end from the beginning of any situation.  I need to trust Him and only be concerned with how He sees me.