For I have endured insults 

because of you, 

and shame 

has covered my face.

I have become 

a stranger to my brothers 

and a foreigner to my mother's sons

because zeal for your house has consumed me,

and the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.

Psalms 69:7-9 CSB

"Because zeal for your house has consumed me."

There's a lot going on in this Psalm, a person crying out to God in real distress, asking God to come and deal to his enemies, and in this middle part the insults, the shame, the split in the family, the rejection.

This phrase about zeal for God's house is what the disciples remember and is recorded in John Ch 2.

And now this Psalm comes alive in a whole new way as it points us to Jesus. 

The disciples are joining the dots between the Bible that they had (the Old Testament) and Jesus. 

Jesus, who knows all about shame. 

And who bears ours.

Willingly.

He's the only one who can.

Jesus zeal is for us, it's us, the church, his people, who have become his dwelling place, and his zeal, his love, his life, is for us.

Rest in that today.

#Jesusatrhecentre

#heisforus