Big Idea: Every longing that we have is a signpost to something better.

Hebrews 11:13-16

All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.

 14 People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. 

15 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. 16 Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one.

Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God…