Longing for Home

Posted on 03 Nov 2019, Pastor: Rev. Derek Geldart

Whether one is taking a picture of the sandstone rock formation in Arizona; visiting one of six sky monasteries in Meteora, Greece; walking on the Great Wall of China, in the icy waters of Glacier National Park, Montana, or on the ocean floor of the Bay of Funday, Canada; exploring the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt or the ancient Incan city Machu Piccu in Peru; admiring the spectacular colors of Reed Flute Caves in China or the beauty of the flowers in the Ashikaga Flower Park in Japan; on a romantic gondola ride in Venice, Italy or feeling the mist from Niagara Falls in Ontario … there is no place like home! You know the place where one feels comfortable enough to be oneself and peaceful because the inhabitants truly love each another! Despite this warmth the eternity God has placed in our hearts can’t help but make us restless and dream for the heavenly city we as Christians are about to inherit! Until that day we are not to live in friendship with the ways of this world but as foreigners and strangers whose light and righteousness is to shine and reflect the glory of God the Father in heaven. The following sermon is going to review Hebrews 11:13-16 to show how important it is for God’s people to allow their future, eternal home to affect their inner faith and desire to become more like Jesus while exiled on this earth!