DREAMSSERI

ES

DI
FFERENTTYPESOF DREAMS

Genesischapt er37: 6-10Hesai dtot hem,“ Hear thi

sdr eam whichIhav e
dreamed, behold,wewer ebi ndingsheavesint he f
ield,andl o,mysheafar oseand
stoodupr i
ght;andbehol d.Yoursheav es gatheredr oundi t,andboweddownt omy
sheaf.”Hisbrotherssaidtohi m, “ Areyouindeedt oreignov erus?Orar eyouindeed
tohavedomi ni
onov er us? ”Sotheyhatedhi my et mor ef orhi
sdr eam andf orhi
s
words.Thenhedr eamedanot herdream,and toldi ttohi sbr ot
hers,andsai d,
“Behold,Ihav edreamedanot herdream; andbehol d,t hesun,t hemoon,andt he
elevenstarswer ebowi ngdownt o me.”Butwhenhet ol
di tto hisfat
herandt o
hisbrothers,hisfatherrebukedhi m,andsaidt ohim, ” Whati sthisdream thatyou
havedr eamed?Shal lIandy ourmot herand yourbr othersindeedcomet obow
ourselvestothegr oundbef or eyou?”

Her earet wodr eamst hatJosephhadi nhisear lyl

if
e aboutsev enteenyear
s
old.Appar entl
yi t
’sav erysi
mpl edr eam thatt hey understood.Inthelastmessage
wesawhowt hatwhenwehav edr eamsGod wi l
ltakef rom thebackgroundt hatwe
hadt ospeakt ous.Godwi l
lalso speakt ousdr eamst hatconcernourl i
feinsome
way s.Alt
houghy oumay dream ofsomear eathati sf ur
therfr
om y ourl i
feyeti
n
somewayy our l
ifewillbeconnect edt ot hat
.Hewon’ tjustsuddenlygi veyoua
dream aboutsomet hingt akingpl acei ntheNor thPol ewher ey ouhav eno
i
nv olvementatal l.Ify
ouhav enev erhunt edpol arbearsbef ore,never seenwhata
polarbeari sl i
kei twouldbev eryexcept ionalforyout o suddenlyhav eadr eam
aboutpol arbear .Goddoesn’ tdot hatHeusual l
y t akesf r
om ourresour cesthati
s
withinus.

Letmei ll
ustr
atesomet hi
ngl i
keprophecy.Godcan gi veawor dofpr ophecy
andt heinstrumentorthev esselthatdeli
vers t
hatpr ophecywi l
lbel i
mitedbyt he
vessel’
sv ocabular
yandl anguage.If forexampley ouf i
ndt hatyourvocabularyis
verysmal landlimit
ed,then whenGodspeakssomet hingusingwhat everwordy ou
hav etodescr i
bewhat Godi sseekingtosayt oyouort hroughy outosomebody
else,Godwi l
l makeuseofal l
thatiswit
hinyoutobringf ort
hamessage.

Whent heHol ySpi

ri
tgivesadr eam i twil
lbeso clearcutit
sdifferentf rom
thedr eamst haty ouhav ebyy oursoulory our spir
it
.Thosear efrom thedi fferent
category.Wear et alki
ngaboutdr eams f
rom theHolySpi ri
tandhow t oi nterpret
them.Not i
cet hatt hedreams thatJosephdr eamthehadapar tinvol
vedi nt he
dreams.Wer eali
zet hat i
tt ookmanyy ear
sf orthedreamst ocomet opass.But
thosedr eams concernedhimsel f.Al t
houghhedr eamtabouthi sbrothersandhi s
fatherit concer nhimself
.Oneoft het hingsthatJosephdr eamtint hefir
stdr eam
wasaboutsheav es.Thatissomet hingt hatJosephandhi sbrothersare wor kingon
allthet i
me.Itwasani nci
denttakenf rom hi sdail
ylif
e.It wassomet hingt hathe
wasf ami li
arwi t
h.Appar entl
ytheywor kedatt he farm andt heyconstant l
yhav e
beendoingthat
.Sot
heHolySpi r
ittook somethi
ngfrom hislifetoil
l
ustrat
eandt o
gi
vehi m awordofwisdom in adream r
egardi
nghisf ut
ur e.I
tisv er
yclear
-cut
becausether
eweret
he numberofsheav esthereandthef actthattheybowedt o
hi
m signi
fi
esthat hehadt helordshi
porsomemeasur eofaut hori
tyovert
hem.

Nowt heseconddream wherehedreamtaboutthesun, t hemoonandt he

el
evenst arsspeaksofagr eat
erreal
m ofauthori
ty. Joseph’
sf atherseemst o
understandthatthesunandmoonr epr
esenthi
m andthemot her.Obv i
ousl
ythey
knewt heinterpr
etat
ionofthedream.Thus hesays,“
Willyoureall
yr ei
gnandrule
overus? ”

Letsshowagai nGenesi
schapter40and41t hatint
he but l
er’sdream itwas
somet hi
ngf r
om hisownl i
fetoo.Inchapter40v er
se9t hebutl
er dr eamtaboutt he
vineandt hecupandt heywerethi
ngshewasf amili
ar wi th.Thebakerdr eamtabout
basketsandbr ead,whichagainweret hi
ngs t
hathewasf amil
i
arwi th.Pharaohin
chapter41dr eamtaboutcowsand r
iverandtherewasamessagei nregardtohis
ruleandreign.Itaf
fect
ed hi sli
fe.

Wesawi nthelastmessagehowinthebookofJob chapt er33thatGodina

dream wi
llr
evealandwillshowfor
ththi
ngsto come.I
nver
se11and12howGod
hidthehi
ddenmy ster
iesofthi
ngsto come.Andallt
hesei
nregardtothedreams
thatcomefort
h.

Soletslaydownsomer ulesofthisinterpret
ationof dreams.Usual l
ya
personwhodr eamsadr eam,af terisol
atingallthose dreamst hatcamef rom his
soulandspir
itwouldfindt hatsomedr eamsar e fr
om t heHol ySpiri
t.Thedreams
wouldusuall
yhav esomet hingt odowi th yourlif
e.Godwi llnotrevealsomething
wayout .I
twoul dbesomet hing thatyouar eacquai nt edwiththaty oumaybe
di
rectl
yorindir
ectl
y invol
v ed.Andt hatbeingt hecaset hebestinterpr
eterofthat
dream woul
d bey ourselfwitht heLord’shel
pofcour se.

Letmej ustgiveonemor ei l
lust rationsot hati t wi l
lseali ntoy ourl ife.Take
Danielforexampl e.Beari nmi ndt hat Dani elwasatt hepeakoft hepol i
ticalsy stem
i
nhi sday s.Danielwasa manacquai nt edwi tht hechangeandcomi ngofki ngdoms.
God in Hi st ime shows f or t
hv isions and dr eams.The i ncidenti s about
Nebuchadnezzarwho hadadr eam.ButwhenNebuchadnezzarwokeuphef orgot
hisdream.Andwhat wasr equi redwast hatt hewi semenwer etonotonl yinterpret
hisdream theymustt ellhi m whatt hedr eam was.Nobodycoul ddoi tbutDani el
said t oNebuchadnezzari nDani el 2v er se24- 28Ther eforeDani elwentt o Ar i
och,
whom t heki nghadappoi nt edt odest royt hewi semenofBaby lon;he wentandsai d
thustohi m,“ Donotdest royt hewi semenofBaby lonbr ing mei nbef oret heki ng,
andIwi ll
showt hekingt hei nter pret ation. ”Then Ar iochbr oughtinDani el beforet he
kinginhast e,andsaidt hust o hi m, “Ihav ef oundamongt he exi l
esf r
om Judaha
manwhocanmakeknown theki ngt hei nterpretat i
on.”Theki ngsai dt oDani el,
whosenamewasBel teshaz ar,“ Arey ouabl e t omakeknownt omet hedr eam t hatI
haveseenandi tsinterpret ation? ” Dani elanswer edt heki ng,“ Nowi semen,
enchanters,magi ci
ansorast rologer scanshowt otheki ngt hemy ster ywhi cht heki ng
asasked,but t
herei saGodi nheav enwhor eveal smy steri
es,andhehasmade
knownt o KingNebuchadnezz arwhatwi llbei nt hel at erdays.Yourdr eam andt he
visi
onsofy ourheadasy oul ayi nbedar et hese;Toy ou,Oki ng,asy ou layinbed
camet hought sofwhatwoul dbeher eaf ter,andHewhor eveals my ster i
esmade
knownt oy ouwhati stobe.
 Danielproceededt odescr ibethedr eam.Basi cal
lyt he dr
eam aboutt he
statueofNebuchadnezzari ngol d,sil
verandbr onzeand cl
ayandi r
ont hatwent
downwasbasi callytalkingaboutt hef our kingdoms.Dani elhimselfwasi nvolved.
Hewasi nvolv
edi nthef irst ki ngdom i ntheBaby l
onianki ngdom.I ntheendhewas
promot edtobet he Pr i
meMi ni
steroverthewhol eentireempi re.Inthekingdom of
theMedes andt hePer sian,Danielagaincont i
nuedint hehi ghposi t
ion.Sohewas
i
nv olv
edi nsomeway swi tht hatdream.Lateroni nhisli
fenot icet hat t
hev isi
ons
thather ecei
vedt hatwer esy mbolicaboutal lt
heani mals relatedtohim beingi n
thatpositi
on.Soi not herwor dswhenGodgi ves y ouadr eam i fitisf
rom theLordi t
woul ddirect
lyori ndirectlybuti n acloselyknitt
edwashav etodowi thyour
i
nv olv
ementi nit.Adr eam i s notonl yjustgivenforyourent er t
ainment .

Wet alkedaboutt hreetypesofdr eamsandwear eonl y concer nedwi tht he

parabolicdr eam.Theot hertwot ypesofdr eamsdon’ t needanyi nter
pr etati
on.But
parabolicdr eamsar edr eamst hatar ei n symbols.Sosy mbol icdreamsar et he
hardestt ointerpretthati swhywe areteachingont hosesy mbol i
cdr eams.Sot he
fi
rstthingwement i
oned t hatGodwi ll
usesomet hi
ng.Int helastmessagewet alked
abouthowGod wi llusesy mbol si nsocietytospeakont ous.Li kei nPhar aoh’stime
i
n Genesi s41cowsandcat tl
ear et hesy mbolofpr osperityi
nt heirday s.So God
uset hosesy mbolst ospeakt oPhar aoh.Todaycowsar enotnecessar i
ly symbol s
ofpr osperit
yanymor e.Ther eareot hersy mbolsofprosper i
tyand Godwi lluset he
symbol st hatweunder standt oday .Remembert hatsy mbol s changewi t
ht i
me.
Somet hingt hati ssymbolofpr osper it
yl ongagomayno longerbeasy mbolof
prosperitytoday .Godwi llspeakt oussomet hing currentthatwecanunder stand.
Sot heinterpretati
onofdr eamsi snotso wayoutt hatwehav et ogobacki ntolong
hi
stor i
caltime.Buti tis al way sint ermsofsomet hi
ngweunder standt oday .

Whatwear ebr ingingf or thher ei stheotherf actor s. Thef irstf act oristhat
thedr eamst hatwer eceivef rom t heHol ySpiri
t hast odowi t
hourl ifeandour
positi
onandwhatwear ei nvolv edwi th. Somet i
mesi tcoul dbel ikeJosepha
seventeenboyandy ounev erunder stand how t hatwi llonedayhi sdr eamswi l
l
comet opass.Ther ei snonat ural wayhecoul dt hinkof .Hewasonl ysev enteen
yearsol dhav i
ngsucha dream.Thati swhyt hef at herscoldedhi m.Ther eisno
naturalwayt hat Josephcoul dknowhowt hatcoul dcomet opass.Buty etwhen
Godgi vesa dream i twasbecausehewasdi r
ect l
ygoi ngt obei nvol vedi nt hat
.
Those dreamswer egoi ngt ocomet opassi nhisl i
fe.SowhenGodgi v esadr eam
i
twoul di nvolveyoudi rectly.Sot henex ttimeyouhav eadr eam don’ t comeandsay
tosomebodyel seandsayIdr eamedabouty ouandi tinv ol
v ed you.I fy oudr eam
aboutsomebodyel set henper hapsy oumayhav esomet hi ng t odowi t
ht hat.Godi s
notgoi ngt ojustgivey ouadr eam sot hatyou knowaboutaper sont hat ’
sal l
.God
doesn’twast etimeliket hat .WhenHe givesadr eam y ouar edirectlyori ndirectl
y
i
nv ol
vedmay bet hr
ough pray er,may bet hroughanact i
ver olelikeDani elwas
i
nv ol
vedi nt hose kingdomst hathedr eamtabout .Hehadav eryact i
v er oleint he
rul
eand rei
gnoft hoseki ngdoms.Sowheny ouhav edr eamsf r
om t heHol ySpiri
t
therewi ll
alway sbeadi rectinv olvementwi t
hyou.

Iwasthinki
ngofnotshar i
ngt heseot herareasbutI felti
nmyspi r
itthatI
mustt ouchalitt
lebitonthattooj usttomake itclear.Thedr eamsf rom t
heHol y
Spiritareclear
-cutandtheyfollows thesamer ulest hatwet alkedaboutinhearing
thev oiceoftheHoly Spi ri
t.Thev oiceoft heHolySpirit,t
hev oiceofthehumanspi ri
t
and t
heinwar dwitnessar edi f
ferent.Therear efiveinwar dwi t
nesses,andt he
voiceoft hehumanspi ri
tisinacat egorybyi t
sel
fandi tisjustlike thenor
malf l
ow
oft hings.Rememberoneoft her ulesoft hev oi
ceoft he HolySpiriti
sthatbefore
theHolySpir
itspeaks, i
tisal ways accompaniedbyHi spr esence.SeeGodspeaks
allt
heti
met hroughourhuman spi rit.Ourhumanspi ri
tcanpi ckupal l
kindoft hi
ngs.
Butwhent heHol y Spiri
tspeakst hereisapresencet hatcomeswi t
hi t
.Youknow
thatHi
s presenceist here.Inthesamewaydr eamsoft heHol ySpiritcarr
iesthat
samekindofpr esence.Youmaywakeupi mmedi atel
yaf t
erthedr eam al t
houghits3
a.m.oritwi l
lbedi st
incti ny ou thaty ou wil
lr emember . Somet i
mesl ike
Nebuchadnezzar ’
scasehef orgotabouti tbutheknewt hat i twasi mpor t
ant.

Dr eamscanbecausedasy ouseei nt hebookof Eccl esiastesf r

om ourdai l
y
acti
viti
es.Thati sfrom oursoulorf rom our humanspi rit
.Dreamsf r
om t hesoul
real
m ar emor et hedai lyact i
vi
tiesof thingsaswel laswhatIcal lsoulcont act.
Dreamsf r
om oursoulcancome f
rom ourdai l
yact iviti
esorf rom sensi ti
vit
yt o
vari
oust hingsaroundus. Onet imewhenIwasshar ingt hatinourov erni
ghtpr ayer
somebodymi st
ook t
hatandt ooki tinawr ongway .Soi ti sv erydanger ous
somet imeswhenI sharesomeoft heset hings.Any thingy out akeoutofcont ext
youcanmake someher esyoutofi t
.Pl easet akei tcont extual l
y.IfIt ake
somebody ’
s shi rtorper sonalbel ongingandputi tundermypi l
lowandIsl eeponi t,
Iwoul dbeabl etopickupaper son’sst rength, weaknessesand char act eri
sticsfrom
thatper son’sshirtorbel onging.I thasnot hingt o dowi ththeHol ySpiritort he
humanspi ri
tint hatsense.Buti thast o dowi thwhatIcal lsoulcont act.For
exampl ei fthatpersoni saper son fulloff earorper hapst hatper soni sanor phan,
andi nsecur it
y,and l
oneli
nessar et here.AndIt aket hatper son’ sshi rtandputi t
undermy pi ll
owandsl eeponi t
, i
nmydr eamsundernor malci rcumst ancesIwoul d
pickupl onel i
ness,fearandi nsecur it
y.Thesear et hingst hatImaynot bei nvolved
withdirect ly
.Howi tcomesi nadr eam woul dbewhatIcal la mirroref f
ectoft he
soul.LikeIwoul df eelmy selfinasi tuationi nt hat dream Iwoul dbel onely,in
despair,whi chisnev erapar tofmy exper i
enceatal l.Howdi dIpi ckupf rom t he
soul?

Tohelpyouunder standt hesci enti

ficappl icationof thi
s,letust akeour
bodyodor.Thedogscanpi cki tupi nthenat ural
. Yousi tiny ourseatandIbr inga
trai
neddogandt hatdogcanpi ckup wherey ousat .Withournosewecannotpi ck
thatup.Now thereisasor t ofbodyodori nt hesoul .Ify ouent erahomet he
atmosphereofthesoul i st herei nobjectsandi nt hatperson’splace.Thatdoesn’ t
meant hat wheny out akesecondhandobj ectsy ousayOdearwhatki ndofsoul that
personhas.ThankGodf ort hebl oodofJesusi tcancl eanseall inf
luences.The
bloodofJesuscancl eanseal lsoulinfl
uences.Ther eason Isayt hisisbecausei t’
s
apossibil
it
yofthataffecti
ngdr eams.I nthe dr eam r ealmint hesouly oucouldpi ck
thatup.Evenifsomebodycomesand stayinmyhouseIcoul dpickupev er
ything
from hi
m.Orper hapsIgoand stayiny ourhouseIcoul dpickupev eryt
hingint he
house.Atfir
stIwas wonder ingwhyIwassosensi t
ivetoalltheset hi
ngs.

Recent l
yt hereist hisbookcal led“Thunder ed”about theK. C.F.ort he
Kansas Cit
y fel
lowshipofpr ophets.Itbegant ogi veme someunder standing
whenIr eadthat .Thebooksay sthatsomeoft hem wer e nat uralpr
ophet s;they
werebor n,bredandcal l
edt obepr ophetsandt hey hav eopennessandav erygreat
sensit
ivit
ytot hingsl i
kethat.Not ev erybodymaybel i
ket hat.Somepeopl ey ouput
them any wherei nthewor l
d andt heysleeplikeal og.Theydon’ tseem t opi ckupall
thesethingsat al
l.Butt herearethoset hatt hebi blecalls“ Iftherearisest hose
amongy ouadr eamerofdr eams,”whoseemst ohav eani ncli
nation towar dsthat
accordingtot heircall
.Soi tmaynotappl ytoever ybodybut Isenseandt hi
nki nmy
spir
itthatitispossi blyadev elopmenti nour lives.Themor ewegr owi nGodt he
mor esensiti
veenoughwebecomet o thi
ngsl iket hat.Butnotev erybodycoul dbe
sensit
iveinthatarea. Ot herscouldsleepli
kealogandthei
rfi
eldandministryar
ein
a tot
allydif
fer
entarea.I
tdoesn’tconcernthatar
ea.Butt
hosewhomov e i
nthe
Spir
iti
nt hatreal
my ouseem tohaveanopennesst hatyoupi
ckup ev er
ything.

Theny oucoul dhav edr eamst hatcomef rom y ourspiri

t man.Dreams
causedbyy ourspi r
itar ediff
erent .Dr eamst hatar ecausedby yourspi r
itaresel f
-
analyt
ical
.Inot herwor dsy ourspi ritmanwi l
l exposey ou.Youcoul dwearamaski n
fr
ontofpeopl eandhi deandputa goodf ront.Forexampl ei fyouhav eani nner
i
nsecur i
tyaboutsomet hing, youwi llalway sfindi trecurri
ngi ny ourdream.I tisa
sel
f-analyt
ical dream.Yourspi ri
tmanj udgesy ou.Yourspi ri
tmanpoi nt
st he
weaknesses inyourownchar act erinor dert ohel py ou.Iwon’ tcallthosedreams
fr
om t
heHol ySpi r
itnotdi rectlybutmay bei ndirectl
y .Butdirectl
yt heyare not
fr
om t heHol ySpirit
.Theyar enotdr eamst hatar ethev oiceandt he Wor dofGod
fr
om t heHol ySpiri
t.Theyar ejusty ourhumanspi ritpicking thingsup.I nanor mal
wayasi ny ourconsci ousl if
ey ourhumanspi r
it pi cksupt hingsandy oursoulpi cks
upthingsi ny ourconsci ousmi nd.How muchmor ei nthesub- consciousl i
fet he
soulpicksupt hi
ngsandour spi r
itpicksupt hings.Sot hosear ewhatwemeanby
spi
ritandsoul causeddr eams.Theyar etotal
lydifferentcategor y.

Iam t alki
ngaboutdr eamsf rom t heHol ySpi r
it
.Those arewor danda
messagef rom God.WhenGodspeci all
ygi veawor dora messageusual lyitisin
regardt ot hingst ocomei nthef ut
ur e.Not ice thatdr eamsf rom thehumanspi ri
t
tendst obesel f-
reveal
ingofy our pr esentandy ourpast .Itgivesy ouabet t
er
analysist hany ourmi ndno matterhowgr eatyourI .
Qi s.Dreamscausedf r
om t he
soult endt obemor e exteri
orst i
mul icausedf rom t heexteriorrealm.Sodr eams
direct
lyf r
om theHol ySpi ri
twoul dst il
lbel i
mitedt odr aw il
lust
rationsf r
om y our
l
ife.Ify ouhav ebeenaf armert her
ei sapossi bil
it
yt hatHewoul ddraw thatfrom
yourexper i
encet ospeakaboutanar eai ny ourlif
eint he f
uture.Hewoul dpossibly
anddef init
elynotsuddenl ydrawani l
lustration from fishi
ng.Hedr awsi l
lustr
ation
from y ourlifetospeakt oy ouin t hosear eas.I
fyouhav ebeenbr oughtupi ntheci t
y
l
ikemychi ldrent o seeacowi saj oy.Youar eusedt obusesandnoi sesGodwi ll
pullitup from y ourlif
et omakeamessageoutoft hatinregardt oy ou.Hewi ll
usuallygi vey oudr eamsf r
om y ourbackgr ound.

Theotherpointther
eissuchat hi
ngasagi ftof i nterpretat
ion.Thereissuch
at hi
ngasasensi t
ivit
ytothedream real
m andt hespi r
itrealm.Somepeopl ear
e
bornwi thani nherentsensit
ivi
tyt
o that.Usual l
yt hosewhoar ecalledt obe
prophets,thosewhoar ecalledto themi nistryhav eat endencyandi nbor
n
sensit
ivi
tytot hatkindofrealm. Sothereissuchat hingasagi ftofdr eam a
dreamerofdr eams.Andsome peoplehaveinher entabil
it
iest oflowinvisionsand
dreams.Thenont he otherhandthereisal sot hegiftoft heint
erpretati
onof
dreams.

Letslookatt hebookofDani elchapter1:17As forthesefoury ouths,God

gavet hem l earni
ngandski lli
nal ll
ett
ersand wi sdom; andDani elhadunder standing
i
nal lvisionsanddr eams.Not ice hehadaspeci fi
cgi ftinthatarea.Itisinterest
ing
tonot et hatev en Josephi nthebookofGenesi shadt hatsamegi ft
.It’
sagi ftforthe
i
nterpret ati
onofdr eams.Thatmeanst hatwecoul dpr ayf orGodt ogiveus t hatgift
.
Wehav enotbecauseweasknot .Youcoul dpr ayandaskGodf or t hatspeci algif
t
tointerpr etdreamsandv i
sions.Notj usttoreceive. I t’
sagi f
talsot oreceiveit.I
tis
anothersepar ategifttointerpret t hosedr eams.Josephper fectedtheinterpretat
ion
ofdr eamsi nhi slife. Duri
nghi sday sinpr isonhecoul djustpickupt he
i
nterpret ati
onst rai
ghtawaywhent hebutlerandthebakercal l
edhi m.Andi tisbecause
ofthegif
tofthei
nterpr
etati
onofdr
eamsthathewasbroughtbefore Phar aoh.Your
gif
tmakesroom foryou.Youhavetoper
fecty
ourgi
ft bef or
ey ourgi
ftmakesroom
foryou.Sotheabil
it
ytor ecei
vedr
eamsisone.Theabil
i
tytointerpr
et dreamsi s
another
.

Andthir
dlytheabil
it
ytoappl
yint
erpr
etat
ioni
sa di ffer
entcat
egory.Youmay
hav
et heabili
tytointer
pretbutyoumaynot hav ethewi
sdom toappl
ythem.That’
s
adif
ferentcategoryalt
ogether
.

I
nGenesi schapt er41af tert hei nterpret ati
onof Phar aoh’sdr eam inv erse
33Nowt her eforeletPhar aohsel ectaman discr eetandwi se, andsethi m overt he
l
andofEgy pt.Nowt hisisnotpar tof t hei nterpr etati
on.Hehadact uallycompl eted
theinterpretation.The i
nt erpretationofPhar aoh’ sdream meanssev eny earsof
prosperi
tyf ollowed bysev eny earsoff ami ne.Heneednothav et oappl yfurther
thant he interpretation.Buther ehemov edi nt owhatIcal lapplication.Hesay s
l
etPhar aohsel ectawi semansethi m ov ert hel andofEgy pt.Ver se34-36LetPhar aoh
proceedt oappoi ntov erseersov erthel and, andt aket hefif
thpar tofthe pr oduceof
thelandofEgy ptduringt hesev enpl enteous y ear s.Andlett hem gat herallthefood
ofthesegoody ear st hatar e comi ng,andl ayupgr ainsundert heaut horit
yof
Pharaohf orf oodi nt he cit
ies, andl ett hem keepi t
.Thatf oodshal lbear eser
v efor
theland agai nstt hesev eny earsoff ami newhi char etobef allthelandofEgy pt,so
thatthelandmaynot per isht hrought hef ami ne,”

Whatwoul dyouhav edoneifyouhav eadr eam?Inthe dream y ouseey our

fri
endget t
ingintoanair
plane.Andt heai
rplanetakes off
.Thenhal fwayal ongits
fl
ighttheairpl
aneknocksi ntoahighmount ainandcr ashes.Yousee y
ourf r
iend
parachuti
ngdownsaf eandsound.Whatwoul dhav ebeeny our inter
pretat
ion?
Secondly,whatwouldhavebeeny ourappli
cation?Most peopl er eacttodr eamsl i
ke
thatwithshockandt heygeti nastateof stupor.Mostpeoplewi lltakeitast he
actualty
peofdr eam,meaningit wi l
lbeactuall
yhappen.

Therear et hr eet ypesofdr eams.Thef irstthingy ou hav et odoi st o

determi newhatcl assi fi
cati
on.Isitpar abol ic,isit messageori sitanact ual?Act ual
meanst hatitwi llactuallyhappen. Messagemeanst hatwhat ev ert hedr eam i s
thereisonl yonekeymessage. Par abolicmeansev erythingi si nsy mbol s.Most
peoplewi l
lcomet othat f ri
endandask, “Arey ouaboutt of lyi nanai rplane?”I fhis
answeri s y es,theywi l
lsayt ohi m,“ Pleasedon’ tgo. ”Theyar ei nterpreti
ngi tas
anact ual i
ty,whichmaynotbet hecase.Orper hapssomebodyhasav ision andi n
thatvisiont heyseef ailur
eal lover.Per hapst heyseet hemsel ves l aunchi ngint othis
boatt ogof i
shing.Ther etheyar ewi tht hreef ell
ows. Thoset hr eef ell
owshappent o
bet heexactt hreef ellowsi ntheirbusi ness relati
onshi p.Sot heyseef ouroft hem
getti
ngi ntot heboati nt othe St rait
sofMal acca.Heseest hef ouroft hem l et
tingout
thenet .Thenas t heypul lthenethal fwayher ecomesashar k.Theshar kcomesand
cutsout abi ghol ei nthenet .Theypul loutt henetandt her ewasnot hingl eftin
thenet .Thent heysayt hereforet hati ssay ingt ot hem nott ogoi nt o business
together .That’swhatnor mal l
ypeopl et ake.Theyt aket he simpl ifi
edappl icat i
on.
Thatmaynotbet hecase.Seet hey esandnoi s nott her e.Iti sonl ywhatwi l
l
happen.

I
nasimilarwayasActs21whenAgabust heprophet cameandpr ophesy
overPaul,het
ookhisbeltti
edhimselfandsaysthi
s t
hingwi l
lhappentothi
sman.
Hedidnotsayy esornot ogo.Allhesaid waswhatwi llhappen.Butmostpeople
takedreamstobesi mpl
ifi
edyesor no.I
tisnott
hewayt oapplydreams.Soy ou
cannottakedreamstobe si mplif
iedthi
ngsyesorno.That’
snotthewayt oi
nter
pret
dreams.What aboutPhar aohsincehesawt hosethi
ngsthathappened?Hesawt he
seven fatcowsandsevenleancows.Whatdoeshedo?Geti ntoaf r
enzyandsay,
“Onot hi
sisgoingtohappen,
”andjustleavei
tthere?No,i
tisnott
he si mpli
fi
edyes-
nosituat
ion.

That’s wheret he appl

icat
ion oft he i nter
pretati
on comes i n.The
i
nterpretati
onmaybef orexampleifaper sonhasadr eam aboutthosef ourf ell
ows
goingoutandpul l
ingoutthenetandt henetgot cutof f
.Iti
snoty esorno.May be
thatGodi stell
i
ngt hem aboutdangers t hatar ecomi ngahead.ItmaybeGodwant s
them tocont i
nue.Seei nthe dream theydi dn’tdisperseyet.Godi swar ningt hem
aboutdangert hatmay becomi ngandt hatt heymustber eadyt of acei t.And
possiblytheycould appl
yinthesamewayl ikePhar aoh.Perhapsrightnowt hef our
partnersin thei
rbusinessaredoi ngv erywel lthattheygotsurplusi nt heirbank
accounts.Per haps whatGod i st elli
ng t hem i s a war ni
ng.Nott hatt hey ar e
supposedt ocal l
itqui
ts.

Seeadr eam issomet i

mesv isi
onandpr ophecyassuch thatissoeasyt o
mi sinterpretandmi sapplythewhol et hi
ngaltogether contr
aryt owhatGod
i
nt ended.Aper soncoul dtakeitandsayGodwant sme t
ogetoutoft hi
sbusiness
quickl y.Sellallhissharesandgetoutof t hebusiness,
whi chGodmaynotwantor
i
nt endedi nt hatdr eam.That ’
s whatIcallpeoplewhot akedreamst obei n
guesswor k,ay esnosi tuati
on. I
tisnotthatway .ButwhatGodcoul dbewar ning
regar dingashar kthat i scomi ng.Whoknowsi tcoul
dbeal oanshark.Godmaybe
j
ustspeaki ng aboutanar eatosaynott ogointothatar
ea.Nott ogoi ntoanareais
differentf rom notgoi ngi ntothebusi nessalt
ogether.Youhav etoisolate areas
from t hewhol ebusi nessal t
ogether.

Letsayt hedr eam aboutt hisfriendofour swhoi s goi

ngonaf li
ght.The
mostpr obableper sonwhocanhav ethatkindof dr eam ishiswif
e.Iti
sveryunli
kely
thatast rangerwoul dcomeandsay t
hatIhadt hisdr eam aboutyou.I
tisdif
ferent
from aper sonwhoi si n thef i
ve-foldoff i
ceasapr ophet.Thatmaybedi ffer
ent.
Usual l
ytheymay seevisi
onoft hat.Butt henev enift heyseethosevi
sions,God
maywant them t o do somet hing wi t
ht hatper son.Seet hereisalwaysa
relati
onship. Let’
ssayt hereissuchat hingast hemount ai
nandt hepl
ane.Ifitis
per hapsasy mbolicdr eam,Godmaybej ustspeakingt ohim aboutthe i
mpendi ng
dangert hatiscomi ng.Justtobeawar eoft hosedanger s,that’
s al l.

Wheny ouhav
eadr eam y
oumustf i
rstofal
ldi
scer
n whet
heri
t’
sfr
om t
he
spir
it
,soulorHol
ySpir
it
.Ifyoumissoutonthat youaregoi
ngtomissoutont
he
rest
.

Likeonedaymanyy ear sagobef orewest artedt his church,wewer eupi n

GentingHi ghlandsf orar etreat .Ihadav eryfunny dr eam.I t
’sadr eam aboutf ail
ure.
Idreamtaboutal lt
hoset hings.I n thoseday sIdi dnotqui t
eunder st
andabout
dreams.Idr eamtaboutf ailuresher eandt here.Idreamtaboutgoi ngtomeet i
ngwher e
nobodyi s ther
ebutmy self
.AndIgotupi nt hemi ddleoft heni ght.Isaidt his
couldn’tbef r
om t heLor d.AndIsai dwhat soevermyhandshal lputupon shoul d
prosper.Ther ei snosucht hi ngasf ail
ureinGod.Subsequent lyI f oundoutt hatthe
owneroft hatpar ti
cularapar tmentwasaf ail
ure.SoI cl assif
yitundersoul .Ipicked
i
tupf r
om t hesoulr ealm.Thef i
rst t hi
ngy oudoi sthecl assif
icati
on.I fyouclassify
thatdream asf rom the Hol ySpi
rityouwi l
lbehav i
ngahar dt i
met r
yingtointerpret
i
t.You classif
yi tfrom t hesoult heny ouknow t hati sar evelati
onofext ernal
stimuli,thear eaar oundy ouwher ey ouar e.AndGodwi llusesi t
uationsi n yourl i
fe
toill
ust ratethatal so.SowhenIunder stoodt hatmat ter, i
n Aust raliawewer est aying
with t
hisper son.Andwepi ckedupal lkindoft hings.Att hatt imeIdi dn’t
under standi t.Weal lwer ewonder i
ngwhyar et hesef unnydr eamsoccur ring every
night.Ev eryni ghtIwasmi ni
steri
ngwi ththepowerofGod, anoi nt i
ngofGodbutt he
dreamswer ef unny .ThenIr eali
zedt hat ninety-f
iveper centoft hosedr eamswas
pickingupf rom t hathousewher e wewer est ayi
ng.AsIsai dwheny ouar eopened
tocer taint hi
ngy ouhav e anext r
asensi ti
v it
y.Justl ikei fyouhav eagoodpai rof
earst hati s v eryshar pandgoodi nmusi c,yourear sar eal soverysensi tivetonoi se.
Youcan’ thelpi t.Tobegoodi nthatar eayouendupv erysensi ti
veto ot herareas.If
yourear sar ev eryshar pinmusi cyoucoul dpi ckupanot e veryeasi ly.Thatv ery
sharpnessi sahandi capi not herareaswher ey ou arev erysensitivet onoi se.You
needt hatsensi t
ivi
tyt obegoodi nthat area.Sot hatwaswhenIunder stoodt hat
classificati
oni si mpor tant.Now wheny ouexper i
encedi t, i
tbecomesv eryeasy .You
couldst rai
ghtaway pickitupi nt hi
scat egor y.Wheny ouwakeupy ourspi ri
tman
willbeabl e t oclassi f
yi tf
ory ou.

Sot hef irstt hi

ngwheny ouhav eadr eam cl assifyit ast owhet heri tcame
from y ourspi rit,soulorHol ySpirit
.Af tery ou classifi
edi t
,ifiti
si nt hecat egoryof
Hol ySpi ritorhumanspi rit t
heny oucancont inuet otakenot ice.Ifi tisi nthe
categor yoft hesoul youcoul dst i
llusei ttoy ouradv antage.Youcoul dr evealthe
thingst hat arei nt heot herper son.Ir ememberi nthoseday sinPenangwhenwe
startedt hemi nist ry,wehav et his t ri
pl ebunkbed.Iwassl eepingint hemi ddlebunk
andanot herbr ot herwas sl
eepi ngi nt heot herbunk.Hi stoeswer ef acingmeand
myt oeswer e f
acinghi m.Somehowi nt hemi ddl eoft henighthi st oesandmi ne
made contact .AndIhaddr eamst hatwer enotpecul iartoany thingIex perienced
neitheri nmychi l
dhoodnori nmypr esentexper ience.WhenIwokeupi n the
mor ningIwaswonder ingwhatwasal lthesedr eams.AsIwasexami ning itIfound
myt oeswer econt acti
ngt hisperson.If oundoutt hatIwas pi ckingupev ery t
hingof
thatper son’ ssoul .SoIwai tedt i
lltheot her br
ot herwokeup.Isathi mi nt hechair
andsayt hesear eal lthe weaknessesi nyourl i
fe.Hesay s,“Yeshowdoy ouknow? ”
Thati swhatI cal lsoulinfluence.Soi fy ouclassif ycorrectl
yyoucoul duseal lthese
thingst oy ouradv antage.

Thenaf teryoucl assi

fi
edityoucoul dnowanal yze i t.I
fi twer ef rom theHol y
Spiri
tt heny ouwoul dbeabl etoputt hel aws ofinter
pr etati
ont oit.Ifi tisfrom the
HolySpi ri
ttherearet hemost impor tant .Wr i
tedownt hedr eamst heHol ySpi r
it
givestoy ou.Ifi
tis dr eamsf r
om t heHol ySpiritapplythel awsofi nterpr etati
on.You
reali
ze t hatwhat ev eriti
syouwi l
l bedi rectlyi
nv olvedwithi t
.Soy oumust wr i
teit
down.Usual l
ytherei samessageandt hent het hreeareas.Then ev enaf teryou
hav ethei nterpr
etat
iony ouneedtheappl ication,whi chis adifferentt hi ng.Yougot
topr ayf ort hi
sarea.Somet imesy ouhav et he r
ighti nterpret ationbutno
application.Youar est il
llef
thanging. Not i
cet hatwhenJosephappl iedt hedr eams
thatPhar aohhad,hewasnot askedt odoi t
.Butt hewi sdom ofGodi nhi slif
e
causedhi mt oapply .If i twereadr eam f rom thesouli tismor er ev elationthaty ou
knowt haty ou pi ckedupsomet hingi nt hesoul realmfrom t heot herper son.Buti fit
i
s i nt her eal
m oft hehumanspi rititisfory out oanal y
zey ourself.

I
nt heear
lydaysofmymi ni
stryandmyspi ri
tman wasst i
l
lbeing
st
rengthenedanddevel
opedt her
eweresev er
aldr
eamsthat Ihadhav etodomor e
wi
thmyhumanspi ri
treveali
ngmy sel
f.Therewere somepart
icul
ardreamsthat
werefrom myhumanspirit
.Isawinthedream howIl
ostmyteet
h.Ihaveneverl
ost
myt eethatall
.Buti
nthatdr eam Il
ostabouthal
fofthat
.Butthedreamswer e
reveali
ngt omet hingsi n myl i
fethatwer edefecti
ve.Thingslikethechar acterinmy
l
ifet hatGod sti
llhadt omoul d.How Godi sgoingt omoul d.Youseet eeth
symbol i
ze thingsiny ourcharacteraresupposedt obef oundati
onal .SoGodwas
reveali
ngt hingsi nmyl i
fethatwer el acki
ng.Thatwasf r
om myhuman spir
it.My
humanspi ritwasanal yzi
ngme.SoIgott ogot hroughthem and getov erthem.
Thent hrought i
met hehumanspi r
itgav emeadr eam Isaw myselff l
ying.Human
spi
r i
tdreamsasIhav esaidar esel
f-analyt
ical
. Souldr eamsar eext ernalr evel
at ory
.
HolySpi r
itdr eamsar ethemost i mpor t
ant.Theyar ethekeyst oy ourf uture.When
Godgi vest hem f ora pur poseyoumustwr it
et hem down.Theycoul dbet hemaki ng
orthebr eaking ofy ourownf uture.Thatiswhywemustnotnegl ectwhatt heHol y
Sprit speakst ousi ndreams.

si
tesear
chbyf
reef
ind