My Dreams - Myself

My Dreams - Myself

by Kathy Gabler

SEEC Ministries International PO Box 2655 Spring,TX 77383-2655

It is highly likely that your dreams are for YOU, just as it is highly likely that your phone rings because someone is trying to reach YOU!

There are things that might make us think our dreams are for someone else’s benefit, like dreaming about a nationally known figure. We might wonder how such a dream could be for the dreamer. I know of a woman who dreamed she was in a limo with Pastors John and Diana Hagee. The pastors were dressed in evening wear and the dreamer was in pajamas. Not only was she obviously under-dressed, the pajama top and bottom did not even match! The dreamer does not know the pastors; so the dream is not a literal rehearsal of something that is likely to happen. Questions to ask about such a dream are: What does this person represent to me or the public in general? How did I feel around or about this person during the dream? Basically, Pastor Hagee represents a well-recognized spiritual standard that many measure by in our country. Whether the dreamer was familiar with the pastor’s specific beliefs or not, she was feeling that she was measuring herself to some strong character’s established, well-recognized set of beliefs and standards. And she was obviously feeling self-conscious that she did not measure up. The dream was not a hidden message to get to Pastor Hagee; rather it was a video of an issue in her own heart. This revealed self-evaluation was not a surprise since there was a major relationship change going on in the dreamer’s life. When we are in transition we often fall into re-evaluation of self and deal with identity issues. There was certainly no need to call Pastor Hagee. Although he seemed to be the unique key, the dream was for her benefit, not his.

Many intercessors dream of nationally known figures. A good question to ask is: What was my response to the person? I had a wonderful friend who dreamed years ago that Dottie Rambo came to dinner on the grounds at her church. Dottie was thin and depressed. My friend was trying to get her to eat. During the dream, her response to the famous visitor was compassion and concern for her health. When she awoke the compassion and concern was still vivid. Here again, the dream seemed to be about Dottie Rambo, but actually the dream was targeting the intercessor. It was a call to prayer. The dream telegram even gave insight to pray specifically for Dottie Rambo’s physical body and heaviness of soul.

Another intercessor friend dreamed the President of the United States came to pick her and a few others up in a helicopter. They flew with him to a three-story house. She and the other ladies stayed on the top floor and he was on the second floor. They were watching out the windows for anyone approaching. Obviously, there was no need to contact the President so he could come pick her up. The dream was for the intercessor. It revealed a Call to COVER the President in prayer.

Dreaming about complete strangers can sometimes make us think our dreams have nothing to do with us. One lady I spoke with had three dreams. She did not recognize any of the people in the dreams. The first dream was about a bride who was anxious and confused. The ring on her finger was not what she expected or wanted. The second dream was about a lady with five children living in a small hotel room. The third dream was about a lady driving her husband and his truck off into a pond because he would not give her grocery money. Although she did not know any of the women, all three of the women were glimpses of herself and the unrecognized issues in her own heart. In the focus on the ring in the first dream, she was searching for understanding about her marriage covenant. In the second dream she was torn between panic and purpose, having to fulfill her purpose (maturing her charges) in very limited and confining conditions. The third dream revealed her frustration and desire to deal with injustice in the confusing and confining conditions of her marriage and home life.

Fantastic or foreign settings can make us feel the dreams are too far-fetched to be real or of any personal value. A young lady told me she dreamed she was in Tokyo in a market place. She found a beautiful chest she wanted to buy for her parents. However, getting the chest back home seemed impossible with one difficulty after another. The strange, foreign setting seemed totally isolated from everything in her real world. A place to begin to understand the dream was asking the question: What does the place represent to me or to the public in general? Since the city had no personal meaning to her, we researched the city of Tokyo in the encyclopedia. The characteristics that seemed significant were 1) it is the largest metropolis in the world and 2) the city is known as a world power and financial influence. Tokyo simply signified a path many people take to reach a place of financial success. As well as the path to financial prosperity seeming foreign to her, the dream revealed her inner stress over struggling to achieve success and purpose. Once a dream reveals the source of struggle within us we can take the issue to God and find His answers.

We cannot presume a dream about someone else is FOR someone else. Why would a dream about someone else be FOR ME? 1) The first possible answer is because the dream is a call to intercession for others in our dreams. I saw my daughter, Melissa, in a dream as a young teen. She was dressed in an outrageous and vulgar outfit. That dream was not for her. It was not the basis for a lecture on proper clothing. It was a call for me to pray that she would not get distracted from purpose and her true identity in Christ. 2) A second answer could be that other people in my dream could be symbolic. A Mother often represents the Holy Spirit. A father in a dream can represent God the Father, etc. Marty dreamed his father was waving him on, telling him to move on from his emotions about a particular experience. He realized it was a picture of God telling him to resolve the issues and go forward. 3) Our souls are filled with thoughts and OPINIONS! Our opinions and judgments of other people can cause us to have dreams about them. You can believe the dream is revealing something about them or FOR them when it is actually just a picture painted by your own views or suspicions. Those dreams might be a call to prayer or repentance, but they are most likely NOT a telegram to accuse or expose.

When you dream of others and wonder if you should SHARE your dream, there are some questions you might consider. 1) How likely are you to be the messenger to this person? God knows who you have audience with; so, getting a dream message to the President is not very realistic or likely. Expecting your Pastor or friends or even family to take advice from YOUR dream might not be wise. 2) What is your MOTIVE for sharing a dream? If you are concerned about someone, pray. If you still feel you should tell them, ask God to confirm that by opening a DOOR to share the dream and don’t kick in doors in the mean time! Statements like, “I’d tell you something if I knew I was supposed to,” or “I had a dream about you, but I can’t tell you” are door-kicking manipulations! Realize that we can feel compelled to tell someone a dream for “selfish” reasons. We need to tell it and get it off our minds or we need to show how we hear from God in dreams or we need to confirm our suspicions. All those reasons are about us and our needs and we can do a lot of damage being self-focused.

Dreamers and visionaries can learn to be wise and harmless. We can ask for wisdom so that we do not mistake insight for instruction. Also, we can remember to consider our dreams as OUR telegrams with a purpose for ME! If you are convinced a dream is for someone else, at least get godly counsel or agreement before sharing it.

The spoken word is powerful. Therefore the spoken dream can become a living, driving force - positive or negative. Lord, help us to remember the tongue has the power of life and death and reckless words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

(This article was taken from SEEC Magazine. Email us for a free copy.)