Re:Verse passage – Matthew 14:14-21 (day three)
“Looking up toward heaven, he blessed the food.”
Sometimes geography gets in the way. When one reads “up toward heaven,” one might suppose that Matthew was referring to some kind of primitive cosmology which located heaven way above our heads. He wasn’t. The unseen dwelling of God is not “up” as in “somewhere in the stratosphere,” but “up” as in greater and higher than the physical realm. When you speak of a higher grade in school, you don’t mean the second floor, you mean “advanced.” Likewise, when the Bible speaks of the spiritual realm in such terms, it refers to the fundamental wellspring of existence. It is the spiritual side of reality—and God in particular—that undergirds and upholds all that is. It is in this sense that Jesus was looking “up” to the source of all provision.
Pastor Brian,
This is the best description of “looking up” that I have ever heard. So clear. Thankyou in advance because I will refer to this description when the opportunity avails itself.
Ginny