To sleep perchance to dream. Dreams happen to everyone almost every night. But there are people who experience supernatural encounters in the format of dreams. These encounters can happen in many different level of intensity. Some people are touched by God’s presence in magic movies on the big screen, others from more real personal encounters. God choose His way to communicate with people according to His sovereignty. Our responsibility is to recognize His voice and follow His way. While divine dreams happen in many different manners, there exist some common points which we could use to recognize the true divinely inspired dreams like their conformity.
Everything changes except God. Jesus says ‘For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.’ Any form of revelations including dreams and visions conform to His truth. In contrast, if a dream implies something contrary to biblical truth, it cannot be from God. Also, for predictions of the future, there is no reason why a true prophecy from God does not come into fulfillment.
Sometimes dreams may even come with supernatural phenomenon, signs, wonders or accurate predictions. But as long as the dream contradicts the written word of God, we must be clear that it was not from God. This is well illustrated in Deuteronomy chapter 13. The law even commands to execute such person who dreams dreams with signs and wonders but speak contradicting messages to God’s word.
The Lord lives outside of space and time. He sees the past, present and the future. It is amazing to see the prophecies in the Bible to fulfill. The bible predicted several thousand years ago that the nation Israel will be reestablished. It came true in 1948. If a dream predicted something in the future and if it was from God, then the prophecy should come true because God never makes mistakes.
God cannot be limited by anything. In the process of testing the dreams and revelations, we must be careful not to harden our heart. Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. Remind yourself that the Holy Spirit lives in you. We trust in Him more than anything, even the principles we learned about. Holy Spirit is creative forever and truth has infinite depth in it.
Also we must stay humble. Do not think yourself higher than you should. We should receive God’s word with a fearful heart. We do not take it lightly. We must stand firm in truth and be tender and attentive to God’s voice, because we are His sheep, He is our shepherd. The Lord leads me with His voice, whatever way it is expressed.
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