Simply put

The episode in the Roman Catholic Lectionary today of the healing of Naaman, the Syrian army commander, from the Second  Book of Kings tells us that truth may be revealed by the example of the outsider. Our expectations about the action of the Divine in our lives may delay or defer our experience to quench the thirst which the psalmist finds fills his desire. Naaman expected incantations and a significant challenge as Friar Jude Winkler explains was the fashion of the prophets of Syria. The simple instruction of the Prophet Elisha to go wash in the Jordan is almost rejected by Naaman. The persuasion of one of his entourage to obey the simple request results in the healing and the praise of Naaman for the one true God of Israel! We may let our pride hold us from hearing the simple invitation. The teaching of Jesus to the people in his home synagogue, in the passage from the Gospel of Luke, points to the closed state of mind which can hold us back from knowing the path of greater intimacy with God. "God is God and we are not" is a simple thought which may help dampen our tendency to "know better" and encourage us to open our senses to accept the evidence  of Presence in this moment.