May 9: Dreaming Another Dream

"Then he had another dream, and he told it to his brothers. "Listen," he said, "I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me." (Gen 37:9)

Joseph dreamed another dream. It was a dream with different imageries but with the same message as the previous dream he had. Some have asked they can discern whether it is God imparting what they sense in their hearts to them. I often reply. "Does what you sense in your heart keep recurring and stay even after you have prayed about it and tried to shake it off? Does it seem like you keep getting the same message from everyone you meet? Does it seem like  it is  following you everywhere? Do you hear it in almost every sermon or discussion? "If the answer to these questions are yes, then it is very likely that it is God speaking to you.

Proverbs 19:21 says, "There are many plans in a man’s heart, nevertheless the Lord’s counsel—that will stand."

Your heart has many desires, dreams many dream, hears many voices and has many impressions  but not all these are sourced in God. There are  those coming from you, others, Satan and generally from the exposure of your subconscious to many stimuli. However, there are those impressions from God too. How do you sort out all these to identify which one is God? This verse in proverbs gives us one of the ways- identifying the one that stands, the one that is unflinching and that keeps recurring and repeating itself even after much prayer. That inner feeling that refuses to let go of you. It is that impression that keeps coming again and again like Joseph's recurrent dreams. 

When you get a persistent impression like that, pay attention and take it to God in prayer. Seek counsel with your spiritual leaders or mentors because this might be God interrupting the natural flow of events in your life to illuminate you with His dreams for the next phases of your life. Don't ignore persistent impressions. Always take note when you dream another dream similar to the one you dreamed before.

Decision of the Day

I will pay attention to persistent impressions that I get. I will get to the root of them to know what they are about and see if God is trying to get my attention.