In His Presence

Mark 9

Verse 33 – 35

Verse 33
Then He came to Capernaum. And when He was in the house He asked them, “What was it you disputed among yourselves on the road?”

During Jesus and the disciples journey to Capernaum a dispute broke out amongst the disciples. They did not include Jesus in their dispute, but Jesus was aware of it and so He asked them about it.

Verse 34
But they kept silent, for on the road they had disputed among themselves who would be the greatest.

They were bickering over which one of them would be the greatest. They had long since forgotten what had happened back in verse 32:
For He taught His disciples and said to them, “The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of men, and they will kill Him. And after He is killed, He will rise the third day.”

We have a tendency to do the same thing. We get caught up in the me and forget to talk to God and ask God to give us wisdom and understanding. Then when God wants to speak to us we do not respond.

Jesus already knew what they were disputing about. He did not wait a long time before he began again to help them grow beyond their self interest. He stopped and took the time to give them wisdom.
Verse 35
And He sat down, called the twelve, and said to them, “If anyone desires to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all.”