Three Wishes?

“Then the mother of Zebedee’s sons came to Jesus with her sons and,

kneeling down, asked a favor of him.

 “What is it you want?” he asked.

She said, “Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit

 at your right and the other at your left in your kingdom.”

 

Moms can be pushy.

Especially when it comes to what they perceive as the ‘well-being’ of their children.

But if this mom really knew the ‘cup’ Jesus spoke of would she have been quite so pushy?

She had come begging a favor of Jesus.

She said and did the right things.

Calling Him Lord and kneeling before Him.

But her worship was intended to get something from Jesus.

Have you ever done that?

Ask me the same question and I would have to respond “Guilty as charged!”

I think we discount the guilt of our own manipulation because we do not see our request as great as hers.

“I would never…”, we say.

But that denial misses the more important point.

It is not whether it is a large or a small request – it is that instead we approach Jesus as some Genie who would grant our three wishes if only we kneel down and call Him Lord.

We can fool others.

We may even fool ourselves.

But we cannot fool Him.

He knows our heart.

Yes, He knows our heart but still He loves us.

That surely deserves our genuine worship!