The Principle of Visualization
(Gen 12:1-5)
Introduction
Parents become role models for their children as they grow up. Of course it would not be meaningful if parents and children lived together for just a short period of time, but live together for years; however after living together for only half a year, children grow up to resemble their parents. That is called the principle of visualization.
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1. Go to the land I will show you.
　　- God decided to select Abram at the age of 75 to be His chosen people.
　　1) Things to leave behind * (Gen 12:1)
　　2) Go to the land I will show you. * (Gen 12:2-3)
① I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.
　　② I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse.
　　③ All peoples on earth will be blessed through you.
　　3) Imperfect obedience * (Gen 12:5)
　　① All the possession and people
　　② Nephew Lot, his relative
　　③ Faced a harsh famine ? suffering in Egypt
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2. Lift up your eyes and look north, south, east and west
　　1) Do Christians need to be poor?* (Gen 13:1-4)
　　2) Lot, who accompanied Abram, was also rich. * (Gen 13:5-6)
3) The fight between shepherds evolved into a dispute between two adults. * (Gen 13:7-12)
　　4) Look to the north and south, to the east and west. * (Gen 13:14-16)
　　① Blessings of land and offspring
　　② Look ? and I will give it to you (Ro 4:17, He 11:1)
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3. Look up at the heavens and count the stars, if indeed you can count them
　　1) Believe in the promise of God* (Gen 15:1-6)
　　2) Had doubts on the promise and had a concubine * (Gen 16:2-3)
　　3) Bore Isaac 15 years later?

Conclusion
At every crucial moment of his life, God gave Abraham solutions by showing him a dream. Abraham is our ancestor of faith, therefore we also need to have dreams and pray in faith like him.