HAVING DREAMS AND VISIONS
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To: pamclark@prophetic.net
Subject: Seer and dreams and visions
Hi Pam,
My name is J.S. and the Lord has called me to the Office of a Prophet.
I have had this calling and have been in processing since the age of 14. I am now 25 and the Lord is really bringing this calling out in my life.
I am writing because I am now going through a period of time in which I am experiencing numerous dreams and visions. Some of them have meaning and others do not.
I have them constantly. At any moment in which I doze off or am asleep, I will have a dream or a vision. What does this indicate? I am basically trying to get an understanding of why I am dreaming and having visions so much.
Response from Pam:
Hi J.S.,
Having dreams is a spiritual gift.
Some prophets are seer prophets which means they have a visual gift, whereas some prophets may have a more auditory type gift, meaning they "hear" in their heads. Many have a combination of that.
As a gift, dreams is like having the ability to draw or paint. You can use these skills for good or evil. Just because you ~could~ draw a wrong picture, doesn't mean you ~choose~ to, even if the ability to do so in all kinds of detail comes to your mind.
As in artistry, the more details you have in the gift, the more talented you are considered to be and many want to capitalize on that, including maybe yourself! I would say that God has given you a gift, with details, but also with opportunities to use it greatly for good or for evil.
Well, surely you might tell me, "I don't want to use this for evil!!!" Well then, how would you know? You would know because you would know what is right and wrong by the Word (or Scriptures) of God, the Holy Bible.
When people have spiritual gifts, including the prophetic gifts, they really need to work at being a good Christian first. Many do not want to hear this, because they want to exalt their gift more than honor Jesus. See, Jesus died on a horrible cross to pay the price for our sin, but if we don't choose to honor that, we can just go with the gift and exalt ourselves instead.
Many do not want to pay the price of a Godly and holy lifestyle. It's hard! It's challenging! But the fruits and rewards are worth it in many ways, and most of all because on the Judgment Day of all judgments, you will be glad to hear, "Well done My good and faithful servant, you pleased Me because you cared, enter into My eternal joys..." All carnal works will be burned with fire, as wood, hay and stubble is. And if people [souls] did not honor God, they will go the same way.
If you make a point to CHOOSE the Godly lifestyle, your gift will come out in you as a beautiful thing. People will SEE Jesus in you and you will rejoice with them when they do - because you will be sharing Him. This sharing is one of the greatest joys a believer can have. It's a gift and an honor to share Jesus in His Holiness.
Also, when you choose to live holy, you stand a much better chance at making right decisions in areas where you do not know the right answer and have not been trained. If you make an error on the side of Godliness, that Godliness will be seen and God will be honored and exalted.
The Scriptures say in the book of James 1:5 that we can ask God for wisdom and He will give it to us without upbraiding or fussing at us. That means when you are really trying to get it right, God will cover for you if you mess it up. That's a good deal! And it works.
As with all Spiritual gifts, you will come to see a pattern. Some things will stand out as things that work, other things will have problems. You will learn by that and then see how that your spiritual gifts are tools for doing the will of God, and not the ultimate end or reward for having a Christian life.
Power-seekers see the gifts as a reward for right living. The Godly see the Spiritual gifts as abilities for Christian living.
If the gifts are exalted, you will eventually see error. If Jesus is exalted, you will see His power revealed. And His power is the power that overcomes evil. Hey! That's what I want, because God is on the side of everyone overcoming the forces of sin and evil in this world. That is redemption and restoration and salvation.
I know of many who have shared with me having constant dreams, just as you have described, so don't feel alone. But you need to remember that the counterfiet of the prophetic is divination and familiar spirits. I don't say that to scare you, but to let you know that the best use of your spiritual gifts is a holy lifestyle. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and God loves wisdom and says in Proverbs that it is the principle (or first) thing.
Wisdom is good! Common sense is the companion of wisdom. With a solid foundation, the Spiritual gifts used in God will win the spiritual war that Satan wages against the people of God. God has given you the gifts (tools) as He sees fit and you are in training with them. He will allow you a space of time to get to know your tool and often will let you see the dangers of misapplied use. Pray against all wrong fruit or manifestations.
Also with dreams and in the prophetic, many things are symbolic. There are many books and "authorities" as to what means what. There are some of these "authorities" that I am not too sure about! One rule in Biblical studies is to let the Word interpret itself. In other words, if God uses symbolism for something, try to stick with that same symbolism and not go too far off on a tangent. One fruit of the Spirit is a sound (and reasonable) mind. (2 Timothy 1:7)
Just as in art and in life, you see the creativity of God so I am not trying to be super dogmatic or overly structured. When in the process of building, the Master Builder can add and subtract as He chooses until He declares the work done. Jesus said you will know a tree (and a tree is symbolic of people, and sometimes Israel in the Scriptures) by its fruit.
How do we know the fruit of God? He defines it in Galatians 5:22-23. "But the fruit of the [Holy] Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control, and against these there is [or God has no] Law [against them]." It is also righteous, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost.
Bless you, J.S., as you go with God.
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