Reflection from Daily Reading, Jan 16th

Reading earlier (and trying to catch up a bit) I read the story of Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch (Acts 8:26ff).  The eunuch was reading from a scroll of Isaiah when Philip,  having been guided by an angel, crossed his path. Philip asks the Ethiopian if he understands what he is reading and the eunuch replies, “How can I, unless someone guides me?”  That is true of each of us. We can understand the words, the grammar, even the meaning to a degree. But, apart from the illuminating work of the Holy Spirit, we will not truly understand the import, the deeper meaning, and the implications for our life and relationship with God. So, we ought to be reading prayerfully, asking the Spirit to be our guide into all truth. DW