Devotions Day 04

Today's Scriptures are:

Mark 10:35-45

Then James and John,
the sons of Zebedee,
came to him.
"Teacher," they said,
"we want you to do for us whatever we ask."
"What do you want me to do for you?" he asked.
They replied, "Let one of us sit at your right
and the other at your left in your glory."

"You don't know what you are asking," Jesus said.
"Can you drink the cup I drink
or be baptized with the baptism
I am baptized with?"

"We can," they answered.
Jesus said to them,
"You will drink the cup I drink and be baptized with the baptism
I am baptized with,
but to sit at my right or left
is not for me to grant.
These places belong to those
for whom they have been prepared."

When the ten heard about this,
they became indignant with James and John.
Jesus called them together and said,
"You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles
lord it over them,
and their high officials exercise authority over them.
Not so with you.
Instead,
whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,
and whoever wants to be first
must be slave of all.
For even the Son of Man did not come to be served,
but to serve,
and to give his life as a ransom for many."

Wow, when I hear that passage, I think if Gumption. I know that These two men were disciple and great men, but why would James and John feel they deserved to be placed at the right and left of God. That was a major thing to ask. I really like Jesus' response to them. He said, that to be great in the world, you have to serve. Jesus did not come to the earth to be served, but to serve. He gave us an example of how we should act; We need to be serving others at all times- always showing God's love to others through this act.