Last night while I was sleeping, the Lord gave me a dream! I woke up and instantly knew what He was saying to me. That almost never happens; usually I have to write it down or something and wait until I’m totally awake so I can think clearly and pray about it. By the way, I definitely believe the Lord speaks to us in dreams! We spend 1/3 of our lives asleep–that is such a large portion of our lives, and as His surrendered people, surely the Lord is putting our sleep to good use for His Kingdom, too!
I dreamed I was with some friends, maybe family too. I can’t remember who exactly the people were, I just know that I knew them, and they knew me. It was night; we were outside walking. We came to a huge house, and got permission to come inside and live there. A lot of the dream was just walking around in the house, looking at the rooms and exploring the property. Sometimes when we went in a room, I just knew we weren’t supposed to be there. We explored anyway, being very quiet. The closer we got to the basement, the more I had the feeling we weren’t supposed to be there. We finally made our way into the basement, and there was a loud, chained up monster thing. It was a person, but it acted like a monster. I wasn’t afraid of it, I knew how to make it shut-up. No one else could understand it, so for the rest of the dream, I was the person who had to feed it stuff and keep it quiet. I remember fixing one of it’s toys that had broken. It was almost like a really inconvenient pet. I constantly had to keep it happy so everyone else could be happy and enjoy peace and quiet.
Seeing it typed out now, oh geez. This was really personal haha. But, I’m going to go ahead and share. Hopefully it will speak to somebody else, too.
I believe the fact that it was nighttime is symbolism for vulnerability. Because at night, we need shelter. I was walking with people I knew, most likely people I talk to daily. We came to the big house, and couldn’t stay there without getting permission. However, we didn’t have permission to use the WHOLE house; and I believe that symbolizes the way God gives us permission or tools to use for the mission He has given us, but we are to use them wisely–not unwisely. The feeling in the pit of my stomach that maybe we shouldn’t be in certain rooms can be felt by anyone who is walking by the Spirit, pertaining to daily decisions and even major decisions. We chose to explore anyway, and knowingly went further and further away from the area we were given free rights to use. Not very smart. We finally reached the basement, which I believe symbolizes the deep root of the issue; the stronghold. After waking up, I identified the monster/person with myself, symbolizing the things within me that I naturally want to do, but are contrary to the Word and way of God; or the nature of my “flesh”, as the Bible calls it. After we found out that it was possible to appease the monster, it was much easier to live in the parts of the house we were not given permission to live in. All I had to do was constantly keep it happy so we could live in some sort of warped, perverted notion of “peace.” Whereas if I had just killed it or simply stayed away from it, we would be living in ABSOLUTE, pure peace. Can you see how that parallels to what the Bible says about denying the flesh, staying away from things that gratify the flesh, etc.? You’ll never be able to experience the wonderful peace the Lord has for you if you don’t stay where He wants you. Put the desires of your sinful nature to death, and experience true peace in Christ!
I know exactly what this is pertaining to in my life. I’m blown away right now. Wow!!