A fig tree and a woman whose body has been twisted and bent double for eighteen years--what do these two seemingly unrelated incidents have to do with Jesus' ministry? I think both of them are, oddly enough, talking about the same issue: Will the people of Jerusalem hear the Good News in a different form than they are accustomed to hearing? Will they be open to realizing that their religious leaders have been focusing on the form and structure of following God's Law rather than the spirit? In either case, will they hear the truth and respond by amending their ways of approaching God and one another?
If Jesus represents the gardener tending the fig tree, will God give the people more time for Jesus' word to penetrate the hardened layers of their spiritual "soil" so that new growth can occur?
What do you think?
I am your fellow traveler,
Pastor Paul
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