THE FREEDOM TO DREAM

“And He brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them. And He said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And he believed in the Lord, and He counted it to him for righteousness.”

Genesis 15:5-6 (KJV)

Before there was ever Isaac,

Before there was any sign of fruitfulness,

Before the promise was fulfilled,

God gave Abraham permission to dream.

He took him out under the night sky and said, “Look up. Count the stars, if you can. So shall your seed be.” In that moment, God wasn’t just talking numbers. He was stretching Abraham’s mind. He was lifting his vision. He was freeing his spirit to dream beyond the limits of what his eyes could see or what his past had conditioned him to accept.

This is what the freedom to dream looks like. It is not the denial of reality. It is the permission to believe that what God said is more true than what life looks like.

You may not have Isaac yet. You may not have the support. You may not have the means. But when God gives you a word, He gives you permission to imagine it fulfilled. He gives you the capacity to believe for what does not yet exist. And that’s where everything begins, with a dream conceived in the womb of faith.

We live in a world that tries to beat the dream out of you. It will measure you by your bank account, your GPA, your background, or your timeline. But God doesn’t work within man’s metrics. He speaks to potential. He calls out greatness. And He asks you to see beyond where you are.

You must be willing to leave your tent. God had to bring Abraham outside, away from the confined ceilings of his own mind and experience. Sometimes, you have to step away from voices that limit you, environments that shrink you, and patterns that trap you. Only then can you hear God clearly say, “Look now toward heaven.”

Do not be afraid to imagine the life He’s promised you. Do not be afraid to dream. Because that dream, when fueled by faith, becomes seed. And in the fullness of time, seed always produces fruit.

Abraham believed the Lord, and it was counted to him for righteousness. Not after he had proof. Not after he had Isaac. But right there, under the stars, with nothing in his hands but a word.

So look up. Dream again. Let God expand your vision until it stretches past logic. That’s the beginning of faith. That’s the freedom to dream.