James and John continue our theme of the last few weeks found in the Gospel of Mark of adventures in missing the point. They come to Jesus and essentially ask that he give them power in his Kingdom. Missing the point that it isn't about human power - and it isn't Jesus's to give away in the first place.
Jesus is marching towards his death with courage. He knows the consequences of what is to come in Jerusalem, yet he believes that his sacrifice is worth it. But now he pauses because his disciples, the ones who are going to be His ambassadors here on earth when he is gone don't get it. At all.
They were missing the point that what they are being called to was not prestige and power, but instead a sacrificial commitment of a life that is lived for God's Kingdom.
We, at times, are also like James and John. We miss the point. We miss what the Kingdom of God is about and the sacrifice Christ is calling us to as we seek to follow him. We, too, need a reminder this Lenten season about the central focus on the Kingdom of God.
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