SATURDAY, MARCH 17
Scripture: Mark 10:39,40

James and John may have been a little bit hasty in their response to Jesus because they said, “We can do it.” Wow. I wonder if they regretted the haste with which they answered. Because immediately Jesus said, “You will indeed drink the cup that I drink, and with the baptism I am baptized with you will be baptized;…” From that point on it was set in cement. So we would know that this was all about preparation, verse 40 says, “…but to sit on My right hand and on My left is not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it is prepared.” God has a school for everyone who is called to accomplish anything in His Kingdom. It is called a baptism and a cup. The big question surrounding the baptism and the cup is, “Why have you repaid evil for good?” With the baptism the betrayal is usually our family and the people we know the best. With the cup, the betrayal is with God Himself. With the cup, we find ourselves asking, “Why did you not deliver me? Why did you not take me out of this? Why did you leave me in it for so very, very long?”