Upness

He built his sanctuary like the high heavens.

-Psalm 78:69

Solomon’s temple stood atop Mount Zion—not the highest mountain in the world, not even the highest mountain around—but high enough to get the point across: God dwells up there. The temple itself took an upward form as well, being 30 feet wide and 45 feet high.

Solomon’s temple is long gone but God Most High remains the same. We may not live by any mountains at all, but let us improve all upward things we do see—hills, trees, the palatial clouds of summer—to this end: that we may meditate upon the wonders of he who came down to call us up.