Dreams and Visions
The question is, Does God speak today to His people in dreams and visions? The short answer is yes. The more correct answer is, “Yes, God can do anything, but He most often chooses to speak through His Word and other means than dreams.”
The difference between a dream and a vision is not clearly marked in the Bible but we do get the idea that a dream is a lower communication than a vision. Dreams require more interpretation than visions and its usually difficult to interpret dreams. I have heard Christians I admire comment that visions usually happen when they are not asleep and that dreams of course happen when they are asleep.
If you feel that God is communicating with you more through dreams than any other way, there may be a problem with that. A relationship with God through Jesus consists of more than dreams and visions. It consists of daily walking and talking, prayer and obedience.
I don’t say that God does not and will not communicate to you through dreams, but I I would give these warnings:
1) If your dream does not line up with the personality and Word of God, its not from God and you must dismiss it.
2) Learn to distinguish your own thoughts from those of God.
3) Pray that God will protect your dreams, for even there we are subject to temptation and torment from the devil.
4) God does not give new revelation today about Himself so if your dream seems to give you something “New” about God that is not in His Word, it is not from God and you must dismiss it.
5) When you dream something that you do not understand, make every effort to ask God to help you understand and compare it to His Word.
6) If the content of the dream does not somehow bring glory to Jesus Christ, it is not from God, so you must dismiss it.
Finally, remember that dreams are an unusual way for God to communicate. They cannot compare to The Word of God. Jeremiah 23:25-32. When you have a dream that seems to be God speaking to you and you have compared it to Scripture and are still convinced that it is from God, then thank Him and ask Him how to use it to His glory.
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