St. Paul tells us we are "led by the Spirit." This spirit is a spirit of adoption, that we belong to the household of God, that we are children, heirs with Christ.
We are all these things if we only suffer with him so that we may be glorified with him.
Led by the spirit means to be opened to the gifts of the spirit, especially wisdom.
Here is a version of wisdom; wisdom is the realization that we do not have to understand what God is doing in order for God to be able to do it.
Wisdom is the realization that we do not always have the inside scoop. Here we eliminate presumption and we grow in dependence on God.
The problem with the Pharisee is that they thought they had the inside scoop to God's activity and thus missed God's intervention right before their nose.
Looking at the gospel today another thought comes.
What was the women's faith that allowed Jesus to heal her? Usually in the gospel Jesus heals those who show some sign of faith. What was this women sign of faith?
Her faith was simply showing up. She did just the ordinary thing of just attending the synagogue service week in and week out for 18 years. She every reason to give up and become better, especially in light of her illness, but she was steadfast in her persistence for 18 years.
The fact that she showed up was faith enough for the healing.
Just something for us to think about.
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