This week I am on a personal retreat at a resort, a gift from one of my sons-in-law. During the first night, I awoke from a dream. I, along with others, were about to board a mode of transportation when I remembered I had forgotten something. I turned to run back to get it and the person in charge of the trip said, “If you go back, you will be left behind.”
I woke up and heard these words very loud and clear, “Be ready! Be ready to go, to do, to be! No hesitation! No going back! Be ready!” I immediately got up and wrote them down so that I would not forget when morning came.
Philosophers, psychologists, and researchers believe there are benefits to dreaming. Several benefits are to:
- Improve problem solving (know the answer to a difficult problem not solved during waking hours).
- Promote emotional and mental health (working through life issues too stressful to deal with during the day).
- Enhance creativity (receive lyrics to a song or ideas for a play).
I do not know if the philosophers, psychologists and researchers are correct. I do not know how to interpret dreams. I do know the Bible says that God speaks through dreams to give his people wisdom. In a dream God told Joseph that his family would bow before him (Genesis 37), foretold Abimelek’s death because of Sarah (Genesis 20), and instructed Joseph to save baby Jesus from Herod (Matthew 2).
I do not know what my dream means, but I believe it came from God. So, I pray, “Heavenly Father, whatever you have planned for me, help me be ready. I do not want to be left behind.”
Do you dream? Do you remember them? How have your dreams impacted your life? Share your comment below. #JoinTheConversation.
I’ve had some very vivid dreams, scary dreams, dreams I couldn’t remember and dreams that I could recall verbatim. Some were in colorful and some were not. The last dream I had my interpretation from the Lord was that Jesus assured us that he would be our guide to safety no matter what happens along the way. That you may get distracted and get off course every now and then but He’s our rescuer and savior in every situation.
I was so excited that I told my husband immediately, then I called the other couple who was involved in my dream. The strange thing is it was not a couple that we are super close to, just distant friends. They received it well and was grateful I let them know about it.
Dreams are interesting and I believe can be God’s way of speaking to us prophetically. Acts 2:17 states “And it shall come to pass in the last days says God, that I will pour out my spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your young men/women shall see visions , your old men/women shall dream dreams.
I’m humbled that the Lord periodically allows me see visions and dream dreams of Him. I want to dream His dreams, put His commands in action and walk in such a way that it brings honor and glory to Him from that vision or dream.
DREAMS! WOW
You are so right I do not interpret dreams either but I do know that when God give me a dream they come true whether disturbing or not they always come true. I remember one specific dream that I will never forget this dream took place In the year of 1996. God showed me in a dream my mother in a casket. It puzzled me because she wasn’t sick. A few weeks later my mother got sick and wasn’t taken to the hospital where she died on Christmas Day. Later I learned that God was preparing me so I could help my siblings which I couldn’t understand because I’m the youngest but God knew what He was doing. I believe He didn’t prepare me for my daughter’s death because He knew I would not be able to handle. He since then showed me other dreams of people getting promoted and they did. God is so amazing.
Thank you for allowing me to share. This is awesome I must be ready no matter what.
Now, my prayer is…Lord, help me to remember my dreams. I must prepare to sleep by not staying up until I can’t keep my eyes open any longer.
Hi Doctor Haire, I do believe in dreams and that they sometimes comes when I dont know what to do about a certain situation. My dream sometimes are good and sometimes they are bad. I fail to write down what my dream was about because I don’t know how to interpret what they mean. I pray that God will reveal to me what the dream mean, but Im not sure if I should ask God are just wait for him to reveal it to me. Like you I want to be ready.
Sometimes I remember dreams and other times I don’t. One recurring dream is that I’m back in college and I can’t find my way back to my room. I’m not sure of the room number or what floor of the dorm I’m looking for. Sometimes, I think this dream is upsetting me to help me wake up when I need to. It’s a dream with a practical purpose.
Sometimes I remember dreams and other times I don’t. One recurring dream is that I’m back in college and I can’t find my way back to my room. I’m not sure of the room number or what floor of the dorm I’m looking for. Sometimes, I think this dream is upsetting me to help me wake up when I need to. It’s a dream with a practical purpose.
While I was reading the blog, I could the song, “Lord, whatever you doing in this season, please don’t do it without me…” Yes, those words in your blog was confirmation that I need to be ready, not getting ready, but be ready.for God’s move. He (God) said in his word, “…if any man lacks wisdom, hHe is willing to give it generously…” That is where I am at as well, I want wisdom in where I am going, no more wanting to know”why this is happening”, but where are you taking me to… Just thinking about it, makes me excited!
Thanks for sharing.
Yes I dream. I know that the Lords speaks to me in dreams. On several occasions my dreams have come true. Some were happy some were sad. When I was a little girl my mother would always say “God won’t Let Nothing Slip Up On You”. I had to learn my pattern. I dream in opposite. If I had a dream about something happening to a male it would be a female. My mother called me when my youngest child was born to tell me that if I had a dream that I did not understand I needed to fast for 3 days. I am grateful to God for all these years that God has spoken to me in dreams especially regarding any major event good or bad. Our God is faithful.
This is powerful. Thank you for sharing. I will give more attention to my dreams.
Yes I have had dreams, they usually involve others. Now when I dream I get up and write it down.