I wanted to take a moment to encourage and exhort you in an area that I had, in some respects, dismissed. When I think back to years gone by (ha I'm not really that old, but that sounds kinda funny) I can see that there have been other times I believe God was trying to speak to me or use me and I did not recognize it. Now, recently, there have been a couple "significant" events that have transpired. God tried to speak to me about them before they occurred and I was incognizant to the manner in which He was trying to get my attention.
I'm referring to dreams
Up until a couple of weeks ago, I had no idea the true power and message that can be conveyed to us through our dreams. Please hear me out and understand that I'm not on a weird horoscope, fortune teller path here. I'm simply encouraging you to be aware of your dreams. Write them down. Pray about them. Any tiny details at all that you remember, may in fact be keys to something the Lord is trying to speak to you about.
Out of respect for people involved, I cannot share specific details of events that have happened recently, but please hear me out. God showed me, in a dream, events that transpired days later. Was it exact? No. But it was probably 90% in tune with what happened. After the dream I woke up thinking, "that was weird". And later when the event actually happened, I was in complete shock. (And to be honest a little freaked out) I have since talked to a few people and have been taking time to pray and read.
Daniel 7: 1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel
had a dream and visions of his head while on his bed. Then he
wrote down the dream, telling the main facts.
This is not a "new gift". This is something the Lord has been using for years to speak to people. It was just not something I ever really thought about in great detail. I have always had very vivid dreams and thought it was odd that I could remember certain details about dreams. Details that seemed very strange at the time, but very significant now.
I am by no means suggesting that I think every last one of you needs to write down every dream you have. However, I do feel that God is probably speaking to more of us than anyone realizes, and doing it through dreams. My encouragement to you is simply this: if you have vivid dreams, if you have dreams that startle you, that stick with you, that you have a "feeling" about... write it down. There may not be significance to EVERY dream you have, but there may be a time when something in the dream is important. The Lord may be trying to get you to pray for someone or something... Don't take lightly the fact that He wants to speak to you and for you to respond.
In looking back at the most recent event that transpired, I know there is nothing I could have done to PREVENT the outcome, at least I don't believe. However, I can see now, that God was probably urging me to pray and I missed it. Are the events that unfolded my fault? Certainly not, and I will not allow the enemy to tell me otherwise. But I do feel that it was a wake up call, to be more vigilant and to work on my relationship with God. My discernment needs sharpening and I am ever growing in my walk... I'm holding this close to me to keep me on my toes and transform who I am.... on the inside.
Please remember to be mindful. Pray before you lay down at night and write things down right away in the morning if something is on your mind or your heart when you wake. Also be mindful of things you see in your mind's eye during your awake hours as well. We are in crazy times folks... we need to be alert. To be watchmen on the wall!!
Happy Dreaming!
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