God used dreams throughout the
Biblical accounts of His interaction with mankind (Job 33:15-16; Acts 2:17). He
spoke through dreams to kings, prophets and saints of old (Genesis 15:12,
17-18; 28:12, 37:5, 46:2; Daniel 7:1-9; 1 Kings 3:5).
He also used dreams with New
Testament characters such as to calm Joseph's fears about marrying Mary and to
save Jesus from sure death (Matthew 1:20-21; 2:12-13, 19; Acts 2:17, 16:9-10,
18:9-10). Pilate's wife dreamed that he should not condemn Jesus in spite of the
insistence of the Jews (Matthew 27:19).
The Word of God makes it clear
that God uses dreams in our life (Joel 2:28-31). He gives us wisdom, insight and guidance to bring a resolution of issues in our life.
In our sleeping state, our
soul and spirit are still very active. They are less influenced by our
issues, fears and insecurities, which plague us during our waking moments.
Through dreams, God often reveals
to us His character, intentions and lessons that He wants us to learn.
He will
use dreams to give us wisdom on puzzling experiences in our life, peace which
transcends human reasoning and direction for some activity He calls us to
perform.
Satan and our own soul can
inspire dreams as well as God (1 John 4:1). They are often brief and
unrealistic (Psalm 126:1; Isaiah 29:8). The interpretation of our dreams will
never contradict the Word of God (James 1:5).
Sleep and dreaming restores our soul to equilibrium. If dreams badger us during our
sleep, we can ask God to give our soul peace and allow us to enjoy
uninterrupted sleep (Psalm 127:2).
As we dream about issues that
need resolution, and which we ignore during our waking moments (Ecclesiastes
5:3), God heals our soul. Our spirit sings praises to God as we sleep and we
often awaken to our soul singing and making melody in our heart to the Lord.
Prayer:
Father God, thank You for giving
us such a fail proof and complex brain that works like a computer as we sleep.
It categorizes, files and works through issues which need resolution. Once we
are Born Again, Your Spirit who abides in our spirit, will influence this
series of chemical impulses and the outcome of this activity in our brain.
We would probably explode or
self-destruct with the intensity of our anxiety and other negative emotions if
You did not give us the ability to work out these issues in our dreams. You are
our great and mighty God; and we can never thank You enough for Your vigilant
care over each and every one of us in every facet of our waking and sleeping life.
Thought for the Day:
Dreams are tangible and helpful;
they are made of memories, concerns, direction, hopes, vision and reality
all rolled into one plot with several sub-plots and they influence the story of
the rest of our life.
