“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!
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