It was sometime in the summer, I remember waking up and panicking.
I had seen a dream and it wasn't to be taken lightly. Before I tell you about my dream let me tell
you that I take dreams very seriously. It was after one of my very close
friends told me about sources and interpretation of dreams that I started
taking my dreams seriously. Dreams have
3 sources: 1) God 2) the devil and 3) daily experiences or our thoughts coming in
to play in form of dreams. Now do you
see why I take them seriously?
“And afterward,
I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your
sons and daughters will prophesy,
your old men will dream dreams,
your young men will see visions.” Joel 2:28
My dream
In this dream of mine I was being persecuted for the name of
Christ. Because I see a lot of dreams like that the beginning of the dream was
not too much of a shock. However, this one stood out because the type of
persecution was new to me. My persecutors tortured me by making me think they were torturing Christ
Himself. They dug up a grave and pulled out a body and claimed it was
Christ. You see, even in my dream I knew
my savior has risen that His grave was left empty. Nevertheless, my reaction was
to run and pick the body up from the floor hug it and cry. I woke up in a
disturbed state. I thought to myself, if I knew even in my dream that Christ has
risen why then did I hug a dead body and assume it was Him? I prayed about this dream for months. Even
though, I am not entirely sure of the exact interpretation God has taught me
things using it.
You see the devil tempts Christians with more than a few ways. The
most obvious are always when he tries to get the glory only God deserves. The
devil always craves a spot light, the throne.
The type of temptations that are uncommon or parts where he gets
creative is when it comes to core beliefs and values. What would Christianity be if I didn't know
Christ not only died but rose again?
“14 And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. 15 More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God,
for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised
either. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are
still in your sins. 18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. 19 If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people
most to be pitied.20 But
Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the first-fruits of those who have
fallen asleep.” 1 Corinthians 15: 14-20
These verses summarize exactly where our faith would be without
the resurrection of Christ! Our faith would be shaken; our solid ground would
be sinking sand. Notice that the devil will throw facts and evidence that will to
plant a seed of doubt in you. “Now
faith is confidence in what we hope for and
assurance about what we do not see” Hebrew 11:1, you see how your faith
shouldn't be moved by evidence or facts?
The thing is the devil would't allow you to test and see if the evidence he throws at you is legitimate. When I think about it now, I don’t even know
if the body my persecutor pulled out was a male or a female body. But, he had
me crying over it. The thing is we have a dependable mechanism of checking if
something is part of the devil’s orchestrated lies or God’s truth. You can
simply see how compatible it is with the word of God. You see God is always
consistent in His Character. Never will you find contradiction between His
Character and the bible.
So my advice when any doubt comes up,
challenge it! Be like the man in Mark 9, ask the Lord to help you with your
doubts.
“Immediately the boy's father
exclaimed, "I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!" Mark 9:24
Stay Blessed<3
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