God, Was That You?
A few years ago I had a dream so vivid and realistic that I woke up carrying the emotions and weight of the dream as if I had just experienced it myself in real time. In this dream I was at a park I had never been to. Funny enough, it was a park I had planned to visit just a few days later, but hadn’t yet gone. I was on what was seemingly a date with a man I didn’t know or recognize. It was nighttime and we were sitting on this picnic blanket along the river and looking up at the night sky, which was covered in bright stars. As we were sitting there, he asked me “What’s your biggest fear?” and I remember feeling this overwhelming sense of boldness and just spilled my deepest secret I never dared to say out loud. “My biggest fear is that I am unlovable. That no one will ever love me and i’m scared”. He sat there and listened and when I finished, turned around to face me, With him staring directly into my eyes he said, “I love you. You are so lovable and you’re beautiful.” Then the dream ended.
I woke up with a weight on my chest. The weight of realization of my deepest fear, the weight of sharing it with someone and the weight of the response back. I immediately wrote it down before I could forget anything. I also find that as I am writing it down, more details emerge that my mind wasn’t processing yet. As I was journaling it all down, the Holy Spirit started to reveal the meaning. I was in fact on a date, but the man wasn’t a man at all. It was God Himself. He was the one who sat with me under the stars - the one I poured my soul out to. And then it hit me that He was the one who responded back that He loved me and I was lovable. It broke me. Like - wow. He visited me in my dream to sit with me and talk to me and speak to that dark hidden corner of my heart that I didn’t even want to acknowledge.
This is just one example of the Lord speaking to me through my dreams. I have had Him give me direction when I am in seasons of decisions, I have had dreams of warning when I need to be on alert with people and places in my life and I have had dreams of encouragement when I have been feeling defeated in certain areas. Communicating with the Lord through dreams is one of my favorite ways to talk with Him. I do pretty well to write them all down, though I do miss some here and there, but I always spend the next morning talking with Him like “Okay, what are you trying to say? What do I need to see in this?” It’s like solving a puzzle.
Think of Joseph after finding out Mary was pregnant. An angel came to him in a dream to not be afraid and marry her anyway. Again after Jesus was born, another dream where he was told to flee because they were in danger. The wise men as well, who after meeting baby Jesus were told in a dream to not return to Herod. God can sometimes give instructions in dreams for protection or guidance when you feel lost and unsure. And maybe the most well-known is Joseph (Genesis) who had dreams of his future in leadership, who ended up sold into slavery by his own brothers, and later the Lord used him to interpret for Pharaoh in prison. God gave a preview to his future, as if a promise, for him to hold onto because He knew the path ahead.
I believe the Lord chooses to speak to us in our dreams because it’s one of the rare moments our minds aren’t multitasking. In that quiet space He can plant seeds, bring peace or just speak to our hearts. I wonder how many times the Lord has shown up to us in our dreams with one of these and we just wrote it off. “Wow, that was weird .. definitely blaming the late-night snacks.” Imagine if we started paying attention, what kind of things we might hear.
I don’t dream every night and it’s normal for me to sometimes go weeks without a dream, but I often ask the Lord to send me dreams. I pray for it before I go to bed often, especially if it’s been a while. It’s almost like when you haven’t talked with your best friend for a few days, I start to miss that side of our relationship. We talk all the time, but dreaming is my favorite. I have gotten pretty good at being able to interpret just myself with the Lord, but I also have close, trusted friends I can share with and the Lord speaks through them as well. We literally have a group chat called “Dream Things” specifically for this. I am blessed!
I am passionate about a lot of things—writing, creativity, cleaning—but dream tracking is top of the list. I can’t encourage you enough to start writing your dreams down! It may seem silly and make zero sense (I like to call this dream logic because sometimes it just doesn’t make sense) but I have had revelation come days, weeks and months later. I just had one make sense from a dream THREE years ago. Wild, I know. God wants to talk to you, to sit with you at the park, and tell you so many things. Will you open yourself up to hearing Him?
If you’re ready to start paying attention, I’ve included a simple 7-day challenge below to help you begin.
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The 7-Day Dream Challenge
For the next 7 days, intentionally invite the Lord to speak to you in your sleep. Each night before bed, pray:
“Lord, open my heart and my senses to hear You while I sleep. If there’s anything You want to show me, I’m listening.”
Then - keep a journal by your bed.
As soon as you wake up each morning, write down anything you remember:
A dream
A color or image
A phrase
A feeling
This is about pursuit. Whether you dream once or all seven nights, show up with faith and expectancy.
Invite the Holy Spirit to speak to you through your dreams or lead you to someone with discernment if the meaning isn’t clear right away.
And if you feel led to share, I would love to hear what God shows you. Reach out to me through my website or DM me on social media. I’d be honored to walk with you.
