Day 16: Psalm 69:9
For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
Psalm 69 is an anticipatory cry for salvation. Verse 9 is cited twice in the New Testament. First, after cleaning the temple of money changers and animals for sale, John 2:17 records that his disciples remembered that it was written “zeal for your house will consume me”. Asking for a sign of authority for these actions, Jesus said destroy this temple and I will raise it in three days,” speaking of his body and the resurrection, not the physical temple.
Second, calling on the church to bear with others and not please ourselves, Romans 3:3 states simply, “For Christ did not please himself, but as it is written, ‘the reproaches of those who reproached you fell on me.’” Jesus bore our sin, so that we could live. In response, we are called to bear with others and show them the same grace we have received. Jesus loved the Father perfectly, secured his temple, and bore our shame. Undeserved, we are given grace. In the busyness of the holidays, are you showing grace? Take time to thank God for his grace and ask for grace to show others the same.