John 11:41

So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me.

From Background Notes [BN] for August 18^th & 19^th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

Postures of prayer communicate attitudes of the heart, and the Bible includes many of them: standing, kneeling, falling on one’s face, lifting up hands, and, as in this case, lifting up the eyes to heaven.

 
Here is a prayer of expectation that looks into heaven where God awaits the request of His Son. We are reminded of Psalm 121:1 and 123:1. When Isaiah receives the Word to “lift your eyes and look to the heavens” (40:26), God reminds him who made all the heavenly bodies and who moves them in their courses by His might and power. Later, in 51:6, when he lifts his eyes to heaven and then lowers them to earth, God tells him that the old world will pass away but God’s righteousness will last forever. This dual experience confirms God’s rule over all his creation. Looking into heaven, Jesus witnesses to the power and righteousness of God to do a mighty work for all to see.  [BN, 2]

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