Dreams
Dreams are an incredible way that our Creator has to communicate with
us. They should always be a source of gratitude and inspiration and never of worry.
Dreams are blunt and can reveal things we hide from ourselves and others, and
this can be a cause for shock or concern. What does the book of Job, in the
Bible, says about dreams?
Job 33:14-17 God speaks in one way, and
in two, though man does not perceive it. In a dream, in a vision of the night,
when deep sleep falls on men, while they slumber on their beds then he opens
the ears of men and terrifies them with warnings, that he may turn man aside
from his deed and conceal pride from a man;
On my troubled teenage years almost every night I would awake up with a
terrifying dream. To interpret it I read all kinds of books and literature
about dreams and it’s interpretations but I admit that it was a terrible waste
of time and energy and I didn’t get the peace of mind I sought. It left me more
worried and confused than ever. Until one day I read something very simple and
childlike: “Dreams are either inspired by God or the devil”. Of course, to
people that don’t believe in God or the devil it seems pure nonsense, but I
grabbed that sentence and I stopped trying to interpret my dreams and letting
them worry me.
Today I know a bit more than that. Dreams are parables. Jesus always
taught in parables, simple stories that would reveal deep truths, and today He keeps
on speaking in parables to each one of us in a very personal way through the
dreams. If we don’t pay attention to these dreams, they remain in our
subconscious mind and I believe they will play a good influence on our daily
decisions but we will miss important guidance if we just reject them, and God
has to repeat the same lesson over and over again using different methods and
ways to get us to understand. If we remain stubborn and hard headed it may take
years and many painful situations to learn something that we could have learned
in a few days.
The reason why some dreams are classified as nightmares or unpleasant
and archived in the shelf as “dreams to forget”, it’s only because the dream
exposes a truth that destroys the beautiful image that we so earnestly built
for ourselves. It’s almost like getting offended with a friend that said something
about you that we didn’t want to hear, the only difference is that our Creator
is a million times more loving and faithful than any other friend, He doesn’t
stop talking to us, or leave us in the cold if our attitude is not correct. God
is expert in using dreams to destroy our idols, the false images we built of
ourselves, but we stupidly go and rebuild it all over again the next day.
Dreams are always given in love, because God is Love, e even when I
make stupid decisions in a dream that cause me to end up in a hot spot, instead
of getting worried I thank the Lord for revealing that stupidity in my
character, knowing that the only way to change and avoid the dangers of acting
that way is by accepting His power to transform me. That brings peace of mind
and concrete results in my life.
Very rarely dreams are really evil nightmares or terrors by night, and
these can be very unpleasant. I think that one way to avoid it is to make sure
you don’t go to sleep upset with somebody, feeling resentful or with negative
images in your mind. For me is very important to spend a minimum of five to ten
minutes before going to sleep, ignoring my tiredness and desire to sleep, to
focus on positive and good things, forgive, re-connect with the love of God and
try to let Him speak to me. That makes a big difference.
In conclusion: dreams are
the main way that God uses to communicate with us. They are given in a parable
form, a simple story, a little movie with a message. Sometimes the message is
very clear, other times we have to ask Him to help us understand the meaning.
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