There is an old saying that “To the victor belongs the spoils.” Nowhere is that more evident than the period following a presidential election.  That is the time when the new president-elect begins to divvy up the various cabinet positions and political plums and reward those who helped him get to that exalted position. 

I.SOMETHING LIKE THAT FORMS THE BACKGROUND FOR TODAY’S SCRIPTURE LESSON. 

Jesus had just told the twelve that the road they are traveling will ultimately end in his trial, torture, and death.  He told them that he is going to have to drink the cup of suffering.  “They will mock him, and scourge him, and spit upon him,” He said.  (Mark 10:34) Then it was that James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him, and said , “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever w…