What and why are Dreams and Visions

Messages for August 2016: Our Month of Dreams and Visions

Message for Sunday the 7^th of August 2016

Theme: Understanding Dream and Visions in relation to God’s plan – Joel 2:28; Jer.29:11; Acts 2:16-17; Acts 10; Matthew 1:18-25; Lk.1; Jn.5:39; Matt.4:10 & Rev.19:10

Topic:  What and why are Dreams and Visions

Introduction: God has a grand plan for His Church; much more, He has a grand plan for each member of His body. In Jeremiah 29:11, He discloses this truth and from that scripture, we understand that God is only obligated to fulfil His plan for our lives. Visions and dreams are one of the means by which He discloses His plan to us. This is why this month; we are looking at this series of dreams and visions in relation to God’s overall plan. God’s desire is that we fit into His program on earth and this is made possible by running in His purpose for our lives.

What are dreams and visions? Vision has been defined by several people as follows:

1.     Dr. David Oyedepo defines vision as “…the pathfinding tool in the hand of the believer. It is the unfolding of divine plan as it relates to an individual. It is the supernatural insight into one’s placement in life that provides the individual access into God’s plan for their destiny.” He said it therefore takes vision to find one’s correct place in God’s master plan.

2.     Dr. Myles Munroe of blessed memory defines vision as the ability to see farther than your eyes can look.

3.     I define vision as when God speaks to someone by a picture to unfold one’s purpose to one. Our purpose has been with God before He made us but we only become aware of them by discovery through visions and dreams painted in the canvas of our hearts by the Holy Spirit. See Hab.2:1-3 – They are therefore images planted in our hearts showing our individual place in God’s big picture.

4.     Vision is the implantation of divine ideas in one’s heart for the fulfillment of our individual destinies. Where there is no vision, destiny is aborted and the victim of a lack of divine vision perishes; they do not get to take their place and fulfill their purpose in God’s grand plan. Prov.29:18

The most important vision: The most important vision is God’s vision. Every other vision is relevant to the extent it draws from God’s big vision or idea. Every other vision apart from God’s vision is irrelevant no matter how successful the person becomes by human standards. See Ps.127:1 and Jn.15:5.

Why visions and Dreams?

1.     They are the means by which God reveals Himself to us. Ex.3:1-6 and Rev.1:10-19.

2.     They are the means by which God reveals his word to us. See Deu.29:29 and 2Pet.1:21.

3.     They are the means by which God reveals his plans to us – Acts 9:1-16 and Gen.37:5-10.

4.     They show us our individual roles in God’s master plan and how to actualize them. Jer.1:4-5 and Ez.3:17-19

5.     They are a means by which God reveals the events of the spirit realm to us for our benefits. Dan.2 and Rev.1-4.

6.     They also serve the purpose of divine guidance to enable us fulfill our destinies. See Job 33:14-18 and Acts 16:6-10

We shall stop here for today. Next week, we shall continue in this series looking at the nature of dreams and visions. Meanwhile, no one can actually enter into their place of destiny without an initiation into the family of God through the new birth experience. Should you wish to do so, please say the following prayer out loud and God shall put you in His family at once and you can start to enjoy the benefit of divine revelation taking you from where you are to where you ought to be:

Heavenly Father,

Have mercy on me a sinner. Today, I believe that Jesus died for me and you raised Him from the dead for my Justification. I therefore declare that Jesus Christ is my Saviour and Lord and from today, I renounce the fatherhood of Satan and embrace Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord. Thank you for this father in Jesus’ name! Amen.

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