BLESSINGS OF SERVING GOD'S FRUIT TO THE MASSES

My Dear Precious Child,
    After Jesus Christ made it clear in His parable of the owner of the vineyard that the Gentile unbelievers would enter into My kingdom of God before the Jews did,  some of the disciples of Jesus began to show their deeply seated personal desires that were contrary to His teachings about the characteristics that He wanted to be present in His followers.  It had been obvious earlier but this time they used their mother to appeal to Jesus about the two of them having a special place in My kingdom of God when it came into the world.   Instead of James and John pestering Jesus about having a special place in His kingdom they incorporated their mother in passing on their appeal to Jesus.
    Before she made her appeal to Jesus for her sons, Jesus made it more clear than ever that He would eventually be mocked, whipped, crucified and raised from the dead on the third day. He made it clear also that it would be the chief priests and the scribes who would be responsible for sealing His fate.   It was after Jesus painted a clear picture of what would cruelly be done to him that the mother of Zebedee's sons, James and John, kneeling before Jesus, worshiped Him and asked if she could ask a favor of Him.  
    Jesus asked what the mother of James and John wanted, to which she answered that Jesus give orders that her two sons were sit on either side of Jesus in the kingdom of God when it came into the earth.  Jesus told the mother of James and John that she did not know what she was asking of Him.  Then He quizzed her sons, asking if they knew what they were asking in their request for special favor?  Jesus asked them personally if they were able to drink of the cup of which He was to drink and to be baptized with which He was baptized?  Both James and John answered, "Yes."  They had stars in their eyes about their future but they had no knowledge of the terror that would be their due because they agreed to the same future cruelty that was to be done to Jesus Christ.
     Jesus told James and John that because they desired special favor and privilege in My kingdom of God that they would certainly drink of the same cup as He would drink, but that whoever was to sit at His right and left hand, that choice was not for Him to make, that the places were already ordained by Me, His Father in heaven.   Unfortunately the other ten disciples heard about James and John's mother petitioning Jesus for special places of privilege in My kingdom of God and they were indignant at the spoken desire of the two brothers and them using their mother to gain a special place in My kingdom of God.
    To settle the disagreement, Jesus told them about the spiritual atmosphere in My kingdom of God and the duties of the inhabitants of My kingdom of God.  He said that the royalty of earthly Gentiles lord it over their people and that their great men hold the rest of the people in subjection over their domination, tyrannizing them.  Jesus Christ told the disciples that their motives must be the opposite, that their desires must be to become servants of people instead of rulers over people.  He said that anyone who desired to be great among people must first become a slave of people, humbling themselves to serve My love, joy, peace, goodness, kindness, mercy and patience in all of their dealings with people.
    Then  Jesus Christ proclaimed that He, Himself, did not come into the world to be waited on like a human king desires, but that He came into the world to serve salvation to mankind, becoming a ransom for many, paying the entire price to set them free from the works of the devil.  (I John 3:8)
    History books include the fate of James and John who were both martyred.  James was put to death by King Agrippa. (Acts 12:1-2)  Unfortunately, the desires of James and John and their mother were not within Jesus and My desired attitudes and humble plans for the disciples of Jesus Christ.  Their desire to be greater than the rest of the disciples was a desire from hell, which resulted in their agreeing to have the same tragic fate that seemed to be the end of Jesus Christ.  However, as My plan unfolded for Jesus Christ, he went to hell and by the power of My Holy Spirit He was raised from the dead.  James and John, because of their desire to be privileged disciples of Jesus Christ instead of servants, as I desire that they become by serving My personality of love and peace to everyone, they should have been happy to take a back seat instead of a seat in the front reserved for dignitaries.  (Matthew 23:6; Luke 11:43; Luke 20:46)
    That situation spoken of by Jesus is a perfect example of a person being humbled after having the desire to be greater than anyone else.  The devil is excited to see that My children yield to his temptation to be greater than other people so that he can exalt them and then tear them down to the ground by their becoming the least respected of My children.  You must be on alert to the appeals in your thoughts to be greater than anyone.  That desire, proven by James and John, is from hell instead of from My heaven.  I exalt the humble, not the proud.  The devil exalts the proud so as to make a display of their fall from power and respect to becoming disgraced and mocked.  Those people are the most pitiful examples of the devil's works in the earth, having been individuals raised to positions of having great power so that he can lead them to become dishonest, liars, perverted and obvious sinners.  Then he cuts them down to nothing in the eyes of other people, making them pitiful examples of his hatred for all people because they were created in My image at the beginning of time.  Destroying people is the devil's only motivation.  He uses his demons to accomplish it by their tempting you with greatness and then they cut you down to earth with ridicule and embarrassment for you.  My ways are the opposite.  I desire that you become servants of people and then I exalt you Myself by pouring My blessings and rewards upon you.      
    Your Father of Humility and Equality for All People