The Word for Today
2026-05-30
Ask God for a dream
Written by Bob and Debby Gass
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 thee" (1 Kings 3:5 KJV). 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 KJV). 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.
Soul food: Lam 3:40-5:22; Matt 14:1-12; Ps 82; Prov 14:5-8
Links to Bible verses: Holy Bible
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