Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Matthew 20:20-23
by: Leota Stevens.
The Zebedee boys’ mom didn’t miss a trick! She saw greatness in Jesus, and she knew her sons would be famous and powerful if they could reign and rule in the kingdom that would be set up sometime in the future for the Messiah. You have to admit she must have thought pretty highly of her two sons to ask such a fabulous favor from the Lord. I don’t think there is anything intrinsically wrong with asking for glorious goals—as long as those goals are truly honoring to God, and not ego-inflating for our own sake.