Dreams

I love that God speaks to people through dreams. It has been one of the things that I have been excited to pursue and ask God for. Throughout the Bible He speaks to people through dreams, bringing revelation or direction or encouragement. He still speaks to us through dreams today. Dreams can be very confusing and not make much sense sometimes but that is because most of the time they are speaking symbolically. Literal dreams happen, but are fairly rare. God uses dreams for several reasons, because when we are alseep our mind and thoughts aren't there to interrupt, because its a way for Him to speak directly to us, because the only one who can know the real interpretation is the dreamer. There are also different purposes for the dream, such as to reveal things in your life that need to be dealt with, so that you can intercede for another person, to encourage you, and so much more.

Personally, God speaks to me through dreams quite a bit. I think part of the reason is because I've pusued it and been putting a pen and notepad by my bed everynight in expectation of a dream from God. (Its very important to write your dreams down, even if you have a good memory, because somewhere down the line you may forget it, also because as you write down the dream a lot of times the interpretation will come, or you will get a revelation about what a part could mean).

There is a responsibility in getting dreams from God. Dreams have a purpose and if you ignore what the dream is telling you then you're ignoring what God is telling you to do. I don't know about you, but I don't want to do that. When you get a dream, ask the Holy Spirit for the interpretation. Ask Him to reveal the purpose for the dream and what He wants you to do with it. He's the one who gave you the dream, He knows the answers, and He can tell you. Sometimes its blaringly obvious what the interpretation is, or what you're supposed to do, those are the fun ones... the reason you know is either because its something that He's been trying to get you to deal with for a while, or the Holy Spirit gives you quick discernment so you can act quickly. A lot of times those are intercessor type dreams. I've had dreams like that, they have usually been intense and I get a feeling in my Spirit during the dream and know that when I wake up I need to pray, after the dream is over the Holy Spirit wakes me up and I have this feeling, its hard to explain, but I know its so that I will pray. Sometimes the dream is for someone that I know, and sometimes its not, that's always fun.

There are still several things that I don't understand completely about dreams, but I intend to study it and find out more. For instance (if you know what this means, let me know) I had a dream that included myself, my brother, and some of my friends from ERM. Throughout the whole dream I kept hearing the name Lee, no one in the dream was saying the name, but I kept hearing it. I know one Lee by association, but the dream didn't seem to be for or about him, but I guess it could be... I'm just not sure.

Anyway, I enjoy talking about dreams, hearing about dreams, and studying how God speaks through dreams. Its an interesting topic, something that I would love to learn more about.