In this eye-rolling episode, we see Jesus instructing his disciples for the second time that he is going to be killed. Totally oblivious to what Jesus has just said, James and John present a completely selfish request to Jesus by asking that they would be seated at higher places of honor than those around them. Jesus responds by calling them to be great by becoming a servant and following in the example of Jesus.
Too often we make Jesus out to be more of a superhero of our faith than our Savior and Lord. We want him to give us our immediate needs and to bless us, but we don’t want to give anything up. What we learn from Jesus is that the greatest choice we can make is to sacrifice ourselves for his kingdom by serving others. We are not merely called to tell people about Jesus. We are called to live out Christ’s love and to show people Jesus by serving them.
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