This reminds me of Peter saying that he'll never abandon Jesus, right before he abandons Jesus. James and John want to sit on either side of Jesus in heaven, but they don't understand what that comes with. They want the glory, but not the sacrifice. Jesus ascends to such a position because he's willing to pour himself out, offering his own life so that the breach between humans and God can be repaired. This interaction shows that we can't truly comprehend the gap between ourselves and God -- we think we need to be just a little bit better, when in reality, we need complete transformation.
It's a terribly hard thing to pray for God's will to be done, because sometimes God's will doesn't seem to align with our will. But God's will is so much bigger, so much grander, so much better than our own. May we entrust ourselves to God, setting aside personal ambition and desires for glory, and trust the God who is able and willing to give us impossibly more than we can ask or imagine.
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