GOD SPEAKS THOUGH DREAMS.

 

There are many ways that God uses to speak to us and one way He does is through dreams. Not all dreams are from God but that does not disqualify that God speaks to us through dreams.

There are many examples in the bible where we see God speaking to people through dreams, and it is therefore good to see some of them and their purpose.

 

·         SHOWING HIS PURPOSE IN OUR LIVES AND OUR FUTURE

God has a definite plan for our lives and many times He chooses to reveal that purpose to us through dreams. Joseph is a classic example of this. God gave him a dream showing him that in the future he would reign over his whole family and give them food. This happened as he dreamt. Gen 37:5-9

Two prisoners who were with Joseph both dreamed about their future as Joseph interpreted. Gen 40:5-22

Pharaoh also had a dream of what would happen in the future concerning the plenty and the famine. Gen 41:15-32

 

·         WARNINGS THROU DREAMS

Another thing God communicates to us through dreams is warning. We may be considering doing something which we do not know that we are wrong or settling for something which in the future may maybe disastrous. God may warn us through a dream. We see God warning Abimelech concerning Sarah, Abrahams wife, because He didn’t know that she was married and therefore restored her the following day to her husband. Gen 20:3-14

God also warned the wise men not return to Herod and Joseph to flee to Egypt in Mat 2:12-13.

God also warned Laban on what he was planning to do to Jacob on a dream. Gen 31:24

 

·         GOD GIVES INSTRUCTIONS THROUGH DREAMS

There are thing we maybe needing guidance on what steps to take and God may give us the instructions that we need through dreams.

The story of Abimelech in Gen 20:6-7 is a god example in this as we see God telling Abimelech what to do in a dream.

 

Since we have seen God speaks through dream and also as said earlier that not all dreams come from God; we also need to beware of;

1.       One whose dreams and the dream comes true but seeks to lead you astray. God is testing to see whether you love Him or you will allow the dreamer to lead you astray because simply his dream was fulfilled. Deut 13:1-4

2.       Those preachers who are always talking about their dreams and by listening to them, your love for God decreases. Dreams become more important to you than God, or you become more eager to listen to their dreams than reading the word of God. Jer 23:27-32

3.       Those who claim authority from their dreams yet they live immoral lives and defy authority. Jude 1:8

Let us as Paul says, not despise the dreams, but we test them whether they are from God, take what is good and leave the rest. 1 Thes 5:20-21

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