One night Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him more than ever.
āGenesis 37:5
- Does God still speak through dreams and visions?
- What do I do with dreams and visions that I see?
- Do only certain religions believe in dreams and visions from God?
- Am I a less than Christian because I donāt have dreams and visions?
āIn the last days,ā God says, āI will pour out my Spirit upon all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.
Acts 2:17
(Quoting Joel 2:28-32)
Examples of Dreamers and visions
- Job
For 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.
Job 33:14-15 (ESV) - Joseph
And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way.
Matthew 2:12 (ESV) - Paul
And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing there, urging him and saying, āCome over to Macedonia and help us.ā
Acts 16:9 (ESV) - Pharaoh
After two whole years, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing by the Nileā¦
Genesis 41:1 (ESV) - Daniel
In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel saw a dream and visions of his head as he lay in his bed.
Daniel 7:1 (ESV)
So, again, what do we do with our dreams?
- Confirm them with God. (This might take some time.)
- Keep them to yourself, mostly. (Share only with select free Spirit-filled-Bible living people.)
- Err on the side of obedience. (I would rather act in faith, with the right motive, than sit and do nothing.)
- Proceed with caution. (Donāt jump in with both feet)
- Pray and seek with every step you take.
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Where was Reuben when they threw Joseph in the cistern?
Sometime later, Reuben returned to get Joseph out of the cistern. When he discovered that Joseph was missing, he tore his clothes in grief.
āGenesis 37:29
Donāt say, āno,ā to dreams, but donāt jump feet first and announce them to everyone.
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