About a month or so ago, I had a gentle thought in my mind to begin reading the book of Daniel. As I am not a person who often reads many books in the Old Testament, I knew this was a leading of The Holy Spirit. Of course, being the human that I am, I assumed I was reading to learn more about fasting, prayer & vegetarianism. As I continued to read, I got into Daniel having dreams, him receiving interpretations, and the troublesomeness of the dreams to his mind.
As this portion of my life began to move into a new season, one night I had two very disturbing dreams, the dreams felt as real as me touching these keys right now. I awoke in tears. I immediately began to curse the dream and speak against it ever coming to past but I couldn’t go back to sleep and I was burdened to pray, so I got up and did just that. I lay quite before The Lord and He began to reveal the dreams meaning to me. I then began to praise him, and made contact with the people with whom the message was for. This contact, softened the persons spirit, which prepared them for a breakthrough that happened at their church that very day. This breakthrough literally saved their lives.
I’ve dreamed dreams that had clear messages and I’ve dreamed dreams that had vague messages. I would only share them with my husband (and sometimes my grandma) because I wasn’t confident that it was real or sure what the dreams content meant; all these dreams/visions turned out to be true and/or had significant meaning in my life.
I now know that God has given me the ability to dream visions and he will give me the interpretation when I ask, it is a gift and I thank God for it; sometimes the truths can be scary to my human nature but knowing that God still speaks and He is concerned about the details of our lives is a calming and strength-giving feeling.
We all have spiritual gifts that we are given to use to bring God glory & worship. We have to earnestly seek these gifts and He will reveal them to us and teach us how to use them.
I am now being called to read about Zacchaeus in Luke 19:1-10. I am excited about seeing what God wants to tell me, and of course, when I know you will know (unless God tells me to keep it on the low-low).
In closing, as I grow in relationship with Jesus, the Old Testament (The entire Bible really) is now more like a documentary that God uses to speak to me and encourage me. And to think I once viewed the Bible as a story from an ancient day.
When we move from Religion to Relationship, we begin to enjoy life and fulfill our deepest yearnings.
Freedom is a great notion but without balance and purpose, a person will self-destruct.
When we chase money, we run away from God!
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