DREAMS AND VISIONS PART A

 

PART A, PART B WILL BE SOME ACTUAL DREAMS!

HAVE YOU HAD A GOD DREAM OR VISION LATELY?

I am going to post some scripture references at the end, that you can look at. Throughout both the Old and New Testament, we see evidence that God will give dreams and visions to whomever He desires to. Yes, we see in the book of Daniel and in Genesis, and I am certain other places where God placed a dream on kings, of pagan lands. Some like Pharaoh and Nebuchadnezzar needed someone to interpret their dreams. And God had already placed those there for such a time as this. Remember it is God who gives the dream and the interpretation of the dream.

God speaks to us through His written word, a rhema (a personal) word, through people, in our sleep time, and through dreams and visions.

Let me first explain what I mean about speaking to us in our sleep time, frequently as I sleep, I am not dreaming, but a I hear scripture and explanation of what I need to say. Honestly a lot of time I wake up and immediately post exactly what I heard with scriptures on my Facebook. Why do I do that? Because I ask Jesus to guide what I post to lift Him up and bring God the Father glory. And you wouldn't believe how much I delete that I thought was good stuff, and God said I didn't tell you to do that. Yes I sometimes just post stuff, I am speaking of any inspirational posting I do.

Dreams come during our sleep, like watching a movie being played out in front of you, sometimes I am involved in it and sometimes I am looking on watching and no control over what I am seeing. Most of the time, my God given dreams are about me, my family, or a prayer burden I am carrying or even a burden God is about to give me. I have never needed an interpreter because God tells me exactly what He is showing me and why, but not always immediately, the dream will keep occurring until the dream given has reached its completion. God given dreams stay with you, but it is good to write them down, since as the years go by we might forget. Some I have forgotten and some I will never forget. In these dreams I will find myself very uncomfortable, crying out in prayer and calling out get me out of here. God dreams will never go against His word and because of my gifting and anionting in my life, I ask for confirmation of the dream being from Him: "Lord give me a scripture", and He is always faithful to do so.

 Not every dream is of God, some can even be a satanic dream placed in our thoughts, remember satan can not know our thoughts but he can place thoughts there, it is easier to attack our minds during our sleep time as we are unaware of what is happening. Also the times when there is the most demonic activity is between midnight and 3 am. I have had enough of those kind of dreams in the past, then some is nothing more than reaction to what we ate or something we watched before we went to bed.

My daughter just sent me this below and I can assure you from my personal experience this is Spot On: 

1. FOCUS: who is the focus in the dream?

2. FEELING: what's the emotion? Usually literal but often exaggerated

3. FRAMEWORK: where/context prominent surroundings. These are symbolic most of the time

4. FILLER: key details people are normally symbolic of what they mean to you.

5. MAIN ACTIONS: what's the action in the dream? Multiple actions (changing scenes) could be progression

When interpreting: Ask God for understanding. Ponder it in your heart, examine the details.

A few classic errors some people make about their dreams:

1. Making it mean what you want it to.

2. Assuming it confirms your fears

3. Getting caught up in the details and missing the message (there are normally a lot of details in a dream, but the message isn't in the detail)

4. Believing all dreams are foretelling. For me most of my dreams are to instruct me on who and how to pray

5. Trying to make a garbage dream mean something.

6. Thinking it is a warning for someone else leaving you out of the equation, (if God gives a warning we must act on the warning when He has given us His understanding)

7. Believing the dream is not connected to your life. (If God gave you the dream then it involves you)

Now I know there are many who God gives dreams of foreknowledge of things that will come to pass in our nation. These are prophetic dreams and visions of a national level, God has never given me that kind of dream, I know that certain animals in a dream have symbolic meaning and certain events example a tsunami coming has certain meanings. Yet, for most of us our God dreams effect us and those around us. We must use wisdom to know when or even if we are to release them. I heard a pastor that I trust say recently: "A forewarning dream, means that can change by our actions, while a prophetic dream cannot be changed". These kind of dreams for the most part deal with national events.

Here are just a few things us normal folk need to follow when we have been given a true God dream or vision:

1. Ask God, please don't go searching online for some meaning to what you just dreamed. God gave it to you, God will give you understanding of it.

2. Acknowledge your dream, let God know you heard ask Him to reveal to you what He is telling you. Be like young Samuel and say "Here am I, speak Lord".

3. Align with them, in other words don't just lay it aside, but truly look at what God is asking you to do

4. Act on them, this action only takes place after God has given you His complete instructions.

In order to look at a few life meaning dreams I have had as I would like to, there will be a part B, that I will post after I post this one. But before that let me speak quickly about visions:

A vision unlike a dream comes complete, seeing both the beginning and the end almost simultaneously.

Example; very recently I posted a blog about Truth Bearers and Torch Bearers. I had abruptly woke up with this only Truth Bearers! God gave scripture and immediately I heard Torch Bearers and at the same time I saw flash before me a person carrying a torch running like one at the Olympics. I knew it was a vision and went to see the meaning of a Torch Bearer and found, to simply put, one who carries the truth. From those two things came that blog post. God speaks to me a lot of times through pictures. I will see a picture and at times immediately see a scripture or something that speaks of God Almighty or His people. Then at times I see a picture and I know it has a meaning, but can't put my finger on what. So I save to my phone until God reveals what He wants to put with it. My phone is so full of pictures. 🥰

So many scripture references I could give throughout the Old and New Testament, but perhaps you need to search that on your own. Here are just a few:

Amos 3:7, Acts 2:17, Acts 16:9, 

Acts 18:9. I will add some more in Part B and also hopefully show you through just few of my own God given dreams how they aligned with the words I listed previously.

I truly believe that God has not changed, and He will still speak to His people through dreams and visions. Have I had some earth shaking dreams, not for the world but for my life and my walk with Jesus absolutely. 

This is part A. Part B will actually be some of my dreams and meanings of the dreams. By the way don't read B before you read A it would be Spoilers.

Be blessed.