Here are some guys who had a vision and passion for being mightily used of God. After serious consideration, they came up with a way to reach that goal. All they were going to have to do is get Jesus to cooperate with their plan. Sound familiar? It does to me too! You would think that Jesus would have jumped all over James and John.

They were demonstrating that they weren’t humble men motivated by a love for people. They also were showing that their main concern wasn’t for the glory of God. All they seemed to care about was their own popularity and positions. The ten other disciples would have been more than happy to have jumped all over them. How dare these two try to get the positions they all wanted and were afraid to ask for. But, as usual, Jesus didn’t react like we would expect Him to.