WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT CONCERNING DREAMS

​WORD OF ENCOURAGEMENT
DANIEL 10:1
IN THE THIRD YEAR OF CYRUS KING OF PERSIA A THING WAS REVEALED UNTO DANIEL, WHOSE NAME WAS BELTESHAZZAR; AND THE THING WAS TRUE, BUT THE TIME APPOINTED WAS LONG: AND HE UNDERSTOOD THE THING, AND HAD UNDERSTANDING OF THE VISION.
THERE HAVE BEEN QUESTIONS TO SURFACE ABOUT DREAMS AND VISIONS. DREAMS COME AS A FORM OF COMMUNICATION FROM THE LORD. HOWEVER, SOME DREAMS ARE NOT A TRUE COMMUNICATION AND THIS IS WHY IN DANIEL HE SPECIFIES THE “THING WAS TRUE” BECAUSE SOME THINGS WE SEE ARE NOT TRUE. THE LORD SUPS WITH US IN OUR STATE OF REST AND THESE COMMUNICATIONS ARE FOR WARNINGS, TO EDIFY, AND TO BUILD THE BODY OF CHRIST. THEY SHARE THINGS PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE. THE LORD ALSO USES DREAMS AS A FORM OF DISCERNMENT SO YOU KNOW WHAT TYPE OF SPIRITUAL SITUATIONS YOU WILL OR HAVE BEEN ENCOUNTERING. THEY SHOW YOU HOW TO OVERCOME WITH THE LOVE OF CHRIST. THE DREAMS ASSIST WITH HOW TO FIGHT WHAT’S IN OPERATION AND HOW TO PREPARE. THESE THINGS ARE EDIFYING. IF THEY DO NOT EDIFT OR ASSIST WITH THE GROWTH OF THE BODY THEN IT’S A LIE. IF IT PROVOKES FEAR OR INTIMIDATION, IT’S A LIE. IF IT BRINGS UP GUILT FROM SIN YOU’VE ALREADY REPENTED FOR, IT’S A LIE. SOMETIMES WE ALLOW THINGS BECAUSE WHO WE COME IN CONTACT WITH THROUGH WORK, PHONE, OR EVEN BY THINGS WE WATCH ON TV. TO PROPERLY CLEANSE OURSELVES REQUIRES TRUE PRAISE.

• A GOD CHASER