"Teacher, We Want You To Do For Us WHATEVER We Ask"

Mark 10:35-45

"Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Him, saying, 'Teacher, we want you to do whatever we ask.' And He said to them, 'What do you want Me to do for you?' They said to Him. 'Grant us that we may sit, one on Your right hand and the other on Your left, in Your glory.' But Jesus said to them, 'You do not know what you ask. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?' " 

"They said to Him, 'We are able.' So Jesus said to them, 'You will indeed drink the cup that I drink, and with the baptism I am baptized with you will be baptized; 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.' "

"And when the ten heard it, they began to be greatly displeased with James and John. But Jesus called them to Himself and said to them, 'You know that those who are considered rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant. And whoever of you desires to be first shall be slave to all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give His life a ransom for many."

The disciples' request seemed reasonable, if not holy. Jesus said(through John in Revelation 3:21): "To him who overcomes, I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne." 

They were, at that point, more interested in the end of their faith rather than the works to arrive there. Jesus corrects them/us. Then James writes (4:1-3): "Where do battles and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members? You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war, yet you do not have because you do not ask. YOU ASK and you do not receive because you ask amiss"............in this context to lord over instead of serve.

Jesus assures those who will speak to "this mountain", doubt not in the heart but believe by His grace that causes those to be strong in standing, so that the removal of "this mountain" shall become complete in them, then they will have WHATEVER THEY SAY, to the glory of God! (Mark 11:22-24)