'My Faith Dream'

☁️ One of my devotionals this morning, covered Judges 7:13b, which is about one man's dream, a nightmare.  Considering that last night, I prayed about my next 'blog-post' possibly concerning - dreams, this seemed to be a confirmation to my prayer. ☺️ So, I thanked God for my answer. 🙌🏼🙏🏼💜 There have been a few times during my mortal existence - in which I have "felt like" I was actually in a nightmare! 😩 Have you ever "felt" this way?  The "place" where I find myself - presently, which is filled with things like - anxiety, dread, lack of desire and motivation - is one of the times - in which I'll mention a little later - whenever - the dream - about which I am writing in this post - is being used to - minister and encourage me - to completely - TRUST JESUS, and, WALK BY FAITH - in - what I AM CERTAIN OF BEING - HIS WILL - FOR ME! 😘✝️😗 The Midianite soldier in this Scripture had a nightmare, and, his dream interpreter - came to a wrong conclusion about the meaning of his dream, which resulted in a mindset of defeat. 🤔 First of all, I'll write that - NOT ALL DREAMS THAT I HAVE ARE MESSAGES FROM GOD - TO ME! 😉 Secondly, if I really believe that - God has given me a dream, then, my interpretation of that dream must line up with the Bible, and, a right interpretation of it, and then, if it contradicts God's Word at all - IT IS NOT A MESSAGE FROM GOD TO ME! 😳 From my studies, I personally think that - most of my dreams are a result of - my daily, activities and dealings, or - the food that I've eaten that day, and - medicines I've taken, or - situations and circumstances - with which I am living, or - sometimes they are - sometimes from - oppressing - evil - forces, etc. 😙 In this post, I am going to write about a dream that I had - somewhere around "1993" (?).  I really believe that it was a - personal dream of encouragement - given to me - by my 'Lord Jesus Christ!' ✝️ At that specific time in my life, I was struggling with serious 'Depression' (with suicide thoughts on a regular basis - not just "the blues"), and, all of the pressures, frustrations, hurts, etc., of being a 'pastor's wife,' mother, etc. (I was around twenty nine years young 😉). 😔 I had already began to grasp the importance of studying God's Word, which - through HIS SPIRIT'S ministry - is the number one way in which God desires to speak to HIS children!  I understood that - The Word and Spirit - were the most significant ways in which The Lord blessed my spiritual - well being and growth, and, I did indulge in HIS WORD - daily! 📖 However, I had not yet, received the revelation of how critically vital - personal holiness IS (close fellowship and accountability of myself with God - concerning sin, etc. - in my daily walk with HIM) - in order for a Believer to live a victorious Christian life! 😈 And, of course, the satanic forces - assigned to - torment and destroy -me - delighted that I had not! 😈 Therefore, I (very personally - within) was a mess - with my spiritual "man" growing, BUT, my carnal/flesh "man," playing games with sin. 🙀 As God's child - HE was obligated to deal with me (with chastisement and discipline - in love and wisdom) as HE discerned best, and, HE HAS - since then! 😏  Anyway, back to the subject of this post - the dream! 😉 Needless to say, I was in desperate need for any kind of encouragement! 😔 So, I finally fell asleep that night - after - once again - battling insomnia (one of many symptoms of the Depression). 😴 In my dream, at first - I was standing on the edge of a cliff - on the top of a very high mountain - looking down into a deep valley area below. 👀 Then, something got my attention - straight out - in front of me - in the air! 👀 ☁️ I saw a large cloud - way out there - and standing on it - was - Jesus (I immediately recognize HIM)! 🙌🏼 He reached HIS arms toward me, and, I somehow knew that HE wanted me to go to HIM. I felt afraid to go to HIM.  I feared falling. 🙀 I sensed that HE knew what I was - thinking and feeling. 🙌🏼 Then, HE told me to NOT be afraid, and, to step out - IN FAITH, and, HE'D help me! I believed HIM, and then, I took one step forward, then, began flying toward Jesus.  HE was smiling at me.  I sensed in my spirit that HE desired for me to understand that - HE would always take care of me - and, bless my life - IF - I walk by faith - in obedience to - HIM and HIS WORD, depending upon HIS SPIRIT! 🙌🏼🙏🏼 Everything in my dream is supported by The Word, so, I truly believe that - it was God-given - to encourage me - especially in my fight with Depression, and, the spiritual warfare that goes along with being a 'preacher's wife!' 🙌🏼 The next day was Sunday, and, I had not yet seen any of the beautiful, new, stained glass windows - that had recently been installed in the church building- where my husband pastored. 👁 I was sitting there - thinking about my dream - whenever, I looked to my right - at one of the new windows, and, the colorful stained glass scene on it (they were each of different Bible scenes) was of - Jesus standing on a cloud - in the air, and, it looked A LOT like the exact same scene that I had seen in my dream! 😳 I couldn't believe it! 😲 I was shocked, blessed, amazed, etc. by - ALL of it - the dream, the scene in the window, and that, God had chosen to encourage me in a special, personal - way! 🙌🏼 😌 It was a - blessed and humbling - experience - for me! ☺️ The Jesus scene - in my dream - and -on the window - also - reminded me of how HE'S going to look - whenever HE raptures HIS CHURCH off of this earth! 🌎 There have been many times since that all happened - so many years ago - that God has reminded me of that dream, and, the memory of it has helped me - again and again! 😊🙌🏼💜 I still remember that dream as if I had dreamed it - last night!  It encouraged me - THEN, and, has blessed me - many times - since the night that I had it! 😃🙌🏼  I remember sensing - during my dream - that - HE was - also - letting me know that - IF - I stay faithful in serving HIM (in HIS will - as a servant/preacher's wife), throughout my life, that, I'd be greatly - blessed, protected, used, etc., by HIM! 🙌🏼🙏🏼 If - I had never had that dream - God's Word - and - Holy Spirit - would have been, still is, and, shall always be - MORE than enough - to help me - walk by faith - seeking HIS will, etc. - ALL the days of my life, and, they are enough for you, too, dear reader! ✝️ I hope that this post motivates you to depend on HIM more - by - studying HIS WORD, praying, obeying, and the such! 🙏🏼 HE - may - or - may not - give you a dream - or dreams - but - even if - HE doesn't - HE is ALL that you need (Psalm ch. 1)!  🙌🏼✝️ 😘☺️😊😃🙏🏼💜 Until next time...👋🏼