* An entrepreneur starts with a dream, not knowing how it will end up.

* This was Abe’s story.

* Vs 1-3 - it all starts with a dream.

* God didn’t give him much information.

* So what made Abe act without having all the information?

* Faith in God that He’s in charge of the destination.

* That faith manifested itself in action - obedience in moving toward the goal.

* One commentator said of Abe’s journey - ““ …Abe’s story is he process of journeying to a destination unspecified. The effect of deferring essential information is—strangely—to make [Abraham’s] destination more precious. He will travel without the support of prior knowledge, in a sense without solid ground under his feet. The land that God will show him will first live in his imagination.”

* Vs 4 - he brought Lot (partial obedience).

* This cost him later on.

* Vs 5-6 - Abe obeyed, clinging in faith to God.

* Vs 7a - God “shows it to you” in your imagination. Then, if you’re faithful like Abe, He “gives it to you.”

* Vs 7b - He responded in worship.

* You know your motive is pure by how you respond when the thing comes to pass (or doesn’t come to pass).

* All of this makes a great story - a “God” story that becomes a testimony in your life.

* The best movies are stories that show a person’s journey.

* Two elements of a great story:

* 1) An external goal.

* 2) Internal transformation.

* The journey toward the external goal leads, whether you achieved it or not, must lead to internal transformation.

* For Abraham, “the place I will show you” was not just about a specific destination, but an internal transformation.

* Genesis 17:1-5 - 13 years passed since the covenant had been given - in that time it was nothing but silence.

* In Abe’s waiting, he got a new name.

* He was made into the person who could handle the place where God wanted him to be.

* The reward for waiting - God “gives” us what He wanted to “show” us.

* Vs 8 - God originally told Abe “Go to the land I’ll SHOW you…”

* Now He says “I’m going to GIVE it to you…”