It is important to give a note of encouragement to those who have a dream, feel there is a sense of significance for themselves in it, and yet don’t know what it means.
It is especially important to encourage oneself as some dreams can seem troubling and ominous. But rest assured, any biblical dream is one to bless you and not to bring harm. Many times we can awake, recognise a negative symbol like a rat, spider or snake – or even really disgusting things and think the dream means something bad. Some dreams show us doing things we would never do in waking life! Then, we are tempted to think we’d better not delve into any understanding about that! We may fear the Lord is telling us off. But it isn’t always so; and often is not what we initially think when think of the things in the dream as if they are literally going to happen. When we study the dream in its context, we may even find that the Lord is pleased with us, or keeping us away from temptation or showing us how to be an overcomer.
It is good for the novice to ask for help from those who are experienced in dream interpretation from a theological perspective and biblical symbolism. That is why I have the contact box (‘Leave a reply’) at the bottom of my pages, so you can reach out for free assistance with the symbols and / or interpretation. Very often, especially for others, I am given the interpretation by the Holy Spirit; but this is not always the case. If that happens, I can offer general help with identification of the entities, symbols, and the context of the dream. As well as that, in dialoging with me, you can pick up skills along the way to help with future dreams. For example, I might be able to point out that the Lord has already shown you part of the interpretation within the dream itself.
Did you know that one third of the Bible is about dreams or the results of recounted dreams. In Acts 2 Peter describes the Holy Spirit arrival in God’s people by quoting Joel 2 which predicted that all God’s people would have dreams and visions. If we attend to these, we may be surprised how the Holy Spirit, who wrote the Bible, speaks into our daily lives with Biblical symbols and characters to help us walk more closely with Jesus.
