S – What do you want me to do for you?” he asked them. They answered him, “Allow us to sit at your right and at your left in your glory.” Jesus said to them, “You don’t know what you’re asking. Are you able to drink the cup I drink or to be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?” 

Mark 10:36–38 CSB

O – Commentary:  Jesus told them they did not realize what was involved in their ambitious request. To ask for a place of honor in His glory was also a request to share His suffering since the one is a requisite to the other

“Mark,” in The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures

A – James and John are asking for positions in Jesus’ new kingdom.  Interesting that Jesus doesn’t challenge them for wanting the new status. Instead, he ponders whether they can pay the price to attain it.  There is a cost to having a relationship with Christ.  Denying oneself is about submitting all that you have to Christ.  Are we willing to surrender all physical, mental, emotional and spiritual “possessions” to God?

R – Lord, thank you for all that you have provided for me.  I recognize that it comes from You.  I surrender it all to you and your purposes.  I invite your Holy Spirit to lead me in how I can use all that I have for your Glory.  That includes me.  Let me be a vessel of your love and compassion to all people and situations I face today.