Ask God for a dream

Job the patriarch said, “For God may speak in one way, or in another, yet man does not perceive it. In a dream, in a vision of the night…while slumbering on their beds, then He opens the ears of men” (Job 33:14-16 NKJV). A dream can be an important message from God or an answer to your prayer. God gave Paul a dream in which a man from Macedonia appeared to him saying, “Come over and help us” (see Acts 16:9). And Paul went there and preached the gospel. Solomon’s reign as king of Israel begins with these words: “In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night, and God said, Ask what I shall give you” (1 Kings 3:5). Solomon asked God for great wisdom, and God gave him wisdom, honour, and riches. Would God still speak to us today in dreams? Yes. He says, “I am the Lord, I change not” (Malachi 3:6). The Hebrew word for dream is chalom. It has five meanings: (1) “To bind firmly.” This pictures you being wrapped securely in God’s love. (2) “To be or make plump.” In the Bible, fatness or plumpness is a picture of health, well-being, and prosperity. (3) “A sense of dumbness.” When God gives you a dream, He is sharing with you information about things of which you are ignorant. (4) “To be in good liking.” When God gives you a dream, He is showing favour toward you. (5) “To recover.” When God gives you a dream, He is working on restoring what you have lost. So ask God for a dream.