There is joy that comes only from God's presence. David expressed himself by dancing for God.
I have seen people laughing yet inside they are broken. Some pay comedians to get them to laugh yet even in that place of laughter, it's like just numbing the pain. The laughter that the comedy stirs in them is often not joyful.
There is a place in God where you can experience joy and peace in the most terrible of situations. James said count it all joy when you fall into diverse situations. Imagine that after the devil has thrown his best shot at you, you still come out laughing and joyful.
Learn to see God in all situations and to celebrate all in all situations.
Today I want you to allow His Spirit to bring you joy and dance for him like David did.
"He that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath." (Mark 4 vs 25)
It seems unfair that those that have seem to increase while those that have not even lose the little they have.
This principle is at work in the world we leave in. The poor get poorer and the rich get richer. Those with cars seem to buy more cars. Those with houses seem to buy more properties.
The secret why those that have keep increasing is because they had been good stewards from the beginning. The principals they used to get the first house will allow them to get the second and third.
Stewardship also works in the things of God. If you are not faithful with the dreams or the visions the Lord gives you, they stop but if you are faithful, they increase. If you are not faithful with the talents and gifts you are given, they stop, but if you are faithful, they increase with each day.
In one of his testimonies, Rick Joyner said there was a period he did not have dreams and he asked God why he no longer revealed Himself through dreams. Then the Lord told him it was because he had not taken the earlier dreams seriously.
He lost God's leading through dreams because he was not faithful with the little he had. The principle says he that hath, to him shall be given more.
Are you be faithful with the little you have received? Nurture it and grow it by using it and you will be suprised the increase that will come.
Stewardship: The Key to Increase in Dreams
(1) Stewardship is the key for growth in EVERY area of our life!
(2) Stewarding what you have is the way to receive more. Do you want more dreams? Then make sure to carefully steward the ones that He has already given you. Do you want more revelation and understanding of the Word? Then make sure you carefully steward the Word that He has released to you already.
(3) Occasionally ask the Lord if there are ANY areas of your life that He would like you to steward better.
(4) Sometimes the Lord will tell you to steward an area that has NOTHING to do with the area that you yearn to see growth in.
(5) Luke 19:12-27 is a perfect example of this. The servants stewarded some money well and were rewarded by being rulers over CITIES.
Daniel 2 vs 22
"He explains difficult problems and secret things. He knows about all things, even when they are in dark places. But he lives in the light." (Easy English Translation)
There are secret things and things in dark places that man has no knowledge of.
Negative altars and curses are hidden in dark places and most people do not have revelation of these altars, that why they continue to walk in bondage.
There are also treasures in these hidden places so one may die poor without having knowledge of the wealth that has been released to them.
You can sleep on a hungry stomach without knowledge of a $50 bill you dropped under your bed a few weeks back.
There are so many things that are hidden to natural man yet can be a blessing if discovered.
So, if this wealth is hidden, how can how discover it?
Duet 29 vs 29
"The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law." (KJV).
Moses showed us that every piece of knowledge released to man belongs to us and you can have access to the knowledge key to success or deliverance is in information. Moses said if such knowledge was released to another man, you have access to it.
Let me break it down: every wealthy person is rich because of the knowledge they have. Moses, through God's Spirit, tells us if someone was able to make it manifest and has used that information, I can also have access to it.
The secret any rich man used to be wealthy is in the information he possessed and that information is what you need to prosper. Through the Spirit of God, you can have access to wealth by tapping into this information through your spirit.
The more I grow in the things of God, the easier it is to tap into this reservoirs of knowledge.
Job 33 vs 16
"Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction."
As Joseph lay on his bed, an angel of the Lord came with a message for him to take Mary to be his wife. I have always said messages given to Joseph were of great importance yet God always spoke to him through dreams.
Dreams are important and history has recorded stories of men who dared to acknowledge how they received inspiration through dreams. Some of these men impacted history through those revelations of the night.
The Bible says God seals instructions in our ears at night and if only you can allow yourself to remember these instructions, you could even get a cure for HIV or even cancer. There is no limitation to how much God can teach or give to men in their dreams.
Genesis 41 vs 14 to 49 speaks of how Joseph saved a whole nation from starvation and even preserved his family just by interpreting Pharaoh's dream. He not only had wisdom to interpret but the understanding to apply the interpretation as well.
DREAMS THAT CHANGED HISTORY
Dream One
Otto Loewi: Nerve Impulse Breakthrough
Otto Loewi was a German-born pharmacologist whose discovery of acetylcholine (ironically, a neurotransmitter which promotes dreaming) helped advance medical therapy. The discovery earned him a Nobel Prize 13 years later. However, he is almost as famous for the means by which he discovered it, as he is for the discovery itself.
In 1921, Loewi dreamed of an experiment that would prove once and for all that transmission of nerve impulses was chemical - not electrical. He woke up, scribbled the experiment down, and went back to sleep. The next morning, he arose excited to try his experiment but was horrified to find he couldn't read his midnight ramblings. That day, he said, was the longest day of his life, as he tried but failed to recall his dream.
The following night, however, he had the same dream and upon awakening went directly to his lab to prove the Noble Prize-winning theory of chemical transmission of the nervous impulse.
Dream Two
Frederick Banting: Advances in Medicine
After his mother passed away from diabetes, Frederick Banting was motivated to find a cure. Eventually he found the next best thing: a treatment using insulin injections which, though not a true cure, could at least significantly extend the lifespan of sufferers. The discovery won him a Nobel Prize in Medicine at just 32 years old.
Although he lacked knowledge of diabetes and clinical research, his unique knowledge of surgery combined with his assistant Charles Best's knowledge of diabetes made the ideal research team. While seeking to isolate the exact cause of diabetes, Banting had a dream in which he was instructed telling to surgically ligate (tie up) the pancreas of a diabetic dog in order to stop the flow of nourishment. He did - and discovered a disproportionate balance between sugar and insulin.
This breakthrough led to another dream that revealed how to develop insulin as a drug to treat the condition.
Banting was named Canada's first Professor of Medical Research and by 1923, he was the most famous man in the country. He received letters and gifts from hundreds of grateful diabetics from all over the world, and since then insulin has saved or transformed the lives of millions of people.
Dare to believe your dreams and desire understanding your dream could lead to the next greatest discovery by man.
Every symbol within a dream is important to understand. I have learnt through years of experience that these symbols are not the final interpretations but just tools to help you unlock the meaning of the dream.
A dog, in some dreams, is a symbol of a demonic spirit while in others in can symbolise an angelic helper. So when interpreting a dream, symbols are important but the key is application.
Application of the symbols is the key to dream interpretation. There are many books on symbols but they often apply them wrongly.
I remember one day a young lady said, "Man of God, yes you can interpret but you need to grow in your gifting."
She did not say it directly but I perceived it by the spirit. She gave me a book on dream interpretation and as I looked at it, I was surprised that although some of the symbols were true, most of them were applied negatively.
Symbols are key. But application is important. Every book you read on dreams is key to help you have deep insight in your dreams. But learn that dreams are a personal language between you and God.
I have noticed with each individual the Lord may use the same symbols and the same language in those symbols.
Let's look at a biblical dream interpretation together.
The Dream of the Baker
Gen 40 vs 16
"When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head:"
Did you notice when the Baker realised the interpretation of the Cup Bearer was good, he also wanted an interpretation? That's how we apply symbols we have read in books. We use them directly, but when interpreting, the key is the Spirit of God.
The Colour Chart can be a good example. It can have five (5) 5 meanings for one colour. When you depend on God for your interpretation, he shows you which one among the choices is yours and how to apply it to your situation.
The Baker's Dream
Gen 40 vs 16-19
16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head:
17 And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head. note The interpretation
18 And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets arethree days:
19 Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
The Baker had three white baskets and each basket spoke of a day in the dream of the Butler. Each branch symbolises a day as well. The baskets had bread meats inside and birds came and fed from the top basket. Some birds in a dream are demonic and they come as a symbol of the spirit of death. The bulter his brunches budded and it meant restoration and the baker the birds destroyed to show loose of life.
Each dream had different symbols for days. And the butler was to also die there would have been a symbol of a worm.
So when you look at a dream, each dream is important and the application is important.
Symbols of Birds in a Dream.
Dove - Holy Spirit
Eagle - prophetic annointing, prophetic person , prophetic mantle.
Vulture- spirit of death, thief, enemy,destruction.
I remember a vision I once had. I was in a dark room and angels appeared in the room. As I looked, I knew they were of God. I looked again at a distant object and saw the devil. I began to focus on him and as I did, he became bigger and bigger than the angels. The angels vanished instantly so I could no longer see them. Fear crept into me and one of the angels reappeared and said to me, “Do not observe lying vanities.” The devil immediately vanished into thin air.
What am I saying? Sometimes we are not able to experience the grace and love of God in our lives because we are focusing on the devil and his operations. The reason why the angels in my vision disappeared was because I had directed my attention to the devil
The church has focused on the devil that most of the ecounters many have had are encounters with demons. Man is more conscious of demons than God's angels. Many have seen the working of the enemy in their lives but few can acknowledge the working of God. The Bible lets are know that when we shall see the devil at judgement we shall be suprised because he is not as huge and fierce as we have made him.
Fear and lack of knowledge has limited our activity in the realm of the spirit. And this has made us even less effective in that dimension.
Mathew 5 vs 8
"Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God."
It is possible to see God because the blood of the Master has made me pure. I am righteous because he has made me righteous. I am holy because he has declared me holy.
Men are more conscious of their sin yet the Bible says our righteousnesses are as filthy rages before him. Why have you disqualified yourself when he qualified you?
That day I missed his visitation because I was observing lying vanities. As I was writing this, the Lord said to me, "Many have missed My visitation because they have looked at the devil and themselves and have not looked at Me."
If we are to see and participate in the realm of the spirit, there is a change of attitude we must take.
Dreams speak but most people miss the language locked up in their dreams. The Bible tells stories of individuals that experienced many extraordinary dreams. Let's explore one together.
The Butler's Dream
Genesis 40 vs. 9-10
(9)And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;
(10) And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:
(11) And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand. The interpretation.
Genesis 40 vs. 12-13
(12) And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:
(13) Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.
The butler's dream appeared to be a simple dream yet it had so many symbols that had to be deciphered to extract its meaning.
Joseph interpreted it by first looking at the branches and his interpretation showed that each branch symbolised a day. The blossoming of the branches meant restoration of the Butler's job. Then the final part had a direct interpretation.
Every dream can carry different symbols. I remember a dream I once interpreted. In my interpretation, the Lord allowed the dreamer to correct her human resources isssues and how she was losing clients because of her workers. A dream can hold keys to basic issues of every day life. And the Lord uses them to direct us and lead us.
Begin to treasure your dreams and seek understanding of each dream.
Two new symbols of dreams and visions:
1: grass - man (1 Peter 1 vs 24, James 1 vs 10
2: trees - leaders, life, days, influence, fruitfulness (Daniel 4 vs 20)
Acquiring the ability to understand your dreams and even visions by unlocking deep secrets or even your own hidden feelings.
The Lord warned king Nebuchadnezzar in a dream. The dream showed how he would lose his mind and would live among animals until he acknowledged God.
When Daniel interpreted the dream, he warned the king of the impending danger. But the king would not follow through the instructions.
Dreams can lock within themselves hidden feelings of the heart that can hinder your progress or even bring you failure.
Here is an example of a warning dream and the interpretation. A young lady once sent me a dream of how she noticed a young man of her age looking through a window as she was dressing and later her pastor in the same dream told her to break of the relationship with this boy. She told me how they where just friends.
When I interpreted the dream, I warned her how the young man has intentions and how the dream was a warning against them. That they should not be in a relationship and how the young man wanted to take advantage of her sexually.
Some dreams carry warnings and a change in attitude can change any negative outcomes. If King Nebuchadnezzar would have changed his attitude it would have shifted God's judgement against him.
My prayer is that you will begin to look closely at every dream and that you will acquire an ability to interpret your own dream.
Every dream can lead to either your promotion if you follow through the instructions locked up within it. I have interpreted thousands of dreams and realised every dream carries different symbols but they can be uniform symbols. Today will include a few symbols.
Five Animal dream symbols
1. Frog - spirit of lust
2: Black Panther - high level witchcraft, demonic activity, works in darkness.
As I went through the word of God I noticed that God would sometimes instruct his children differently and every prophet, king or individual would have to fulfill different instructions in order to see the the fulfilment of the word of the Lord over their lives.
Daniel was a man who lived a fasted life and this gave him understanding of visions and dreams. Samson had to keep his hair long and when he lost his hair, he subsequently lost his anointing.
I noticed how when King Saul was anointed, he would prophesy when he came into the presence of prophets and would be turned into another man (1 Samuel 10 vs 10). He qualified for the new position because of the new man that he became.
The secret to the activation of the prophetic word on his life was the music and the prophetic actions he did. The promise of the kingship anointing was to the house of Judah. Saul was not from that tribe and did not possess the characters of the children from that house.
So when he did that prophetic action his heart became like those of the house of Judah and he had to maintain it by being a man of worship, which was what activated the anointing on his life.
The actions he did on the day he prophesied were the actions he was to take in his whole life as a king but he lost the anointing.
There are things you did to get to the top and if you stop doing them, there is a possibility you will lose that position.
The fact that we have majored on the minor has blinded us to the reality of greater truths of the realm of the spirit.
Most teachings on the realm of the spirit are centred on demons and different kinds of demonic operations. Every Christian has heard about the spirit of Jezebel but a few even know about ish-shaw (These are angelic spirits found in the Bible, specifically Zech 5 vs 9 winged woman).
When I read the book of Revelations and saw the creatures on the throne and how one would have the face of a lion, I was excited and marvelled at the creativity of God (Rev 4 vs 7- 8). They are so many creatures and angels, even animals in the realm on the spirit. The Bible speaks of the horn of the unicorn. Can such a creature be there? (Numbers 23 vs 22, Psalms 22 vs 21).
The church has majored on the demons and demonic spirits. But there are so many unexplainable things in the realm of the spirit. The Bible has told us of these spiritual creatures but we have ignored them and allowed the enemy to suggest these to be folktales and reduced the reality of the realm of the spirit to just imagination.
But they are so many creatures within the realm of the spirit. Most people have know about demonic systems but little is known about these creatures.
Other spiritual beings
1; LIVING WHEELS or (o-fawn) Owphan i. The wheels of Ezekiel Chapter 1 were called “Owphan” or living wheels—apparently they were spiritual beings (Ezekiel 1:20). Wherever the spirit wanted to go, they went, because there the spirit went; and the wheels were lifted together with them, for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.
ii. These (owphan) living wheels do not turn (Ezekiel 10:16)
iii. They make “great and thunderous noise” (Ezekiel 3:13)
iv. They have numerous eyes
v. They are the colour of beryl stone (most likely aquamarine in color)
vi. They contain coals of Þre to purify and for judgment (Ezekiel 10:6)
vii. They appear as a wheel of burning below the throne of God (Daniel 7 vs 9)
2 ; Ishshah (ish-shaw) Ashiym (naw-sheem)
i. Winged women who carried the evil woman away to Babylon. Zechariah 5:9, "Then I raised my eyes and looked, and there were two women, coming with the wind in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven."
ii. These winged women come from heaven
iii. They have feathered wings (kaw-nawf)
iv. The wings were filled with the wind the Hebraic word for spirit (ruwach, roo´-akh)
v. Carry the evil woman away to Babylon
The more we have taught about demons, the more we have made believers more conscious and fearful of them, thereby empowering them. The more we now learn more about the angels, the more we open ourselves up to them so that they become active in our lives.
The story of Nehemiah is one of the most inspiring stories in the Bible. Nehemiah did not see an angel or receive a specific prophetic word yet he was able to answer the call of God to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.
He was called in the same period with Ezra and he was able to finish the walls and gates in a record time of 50 days. This was such amazing speed for a man that had no specific word from God.
I have talked to a lot of ministers who are discouraged because they did not see angels or a vision of Jesus confirming the call of God on their life.
Some would say if you have not see Jesus you can not be an Apostle. The challenge with such a belief is that it stops many from pursuing the work of God because they would not have heard a spectacular encounter. The story of Nehemiah should be an inspiration to many. He was driven by a desire to see the walls of his nation, which represented its glory, restored.
Nehamiah had a deep understanding of the word and he restored Israel to the laws of God.
Can you be driven by the love for God's people and a desire to see his church established even if you have not seen a vision or had an earth-shattering encounter.
Let's work in the field of the Lord and join hands to fulfill his purpose. The reason why Nehemiah was able to rebuild Jerusalem was because he was able to work with different teams and tribes. We need to put our hands to the plough and reap a harvest for God.
King Saul never sought a personal relationship with God. Although he was the king of Israel, there is no mention of Saul ever going to seek God in the sanctuary or even thinking of building a house for the Lord. The scriptures mention how the king only sought God for personal gain and he often approached the Lord in the wrong way. This led to his lose of the throne.
Samuel was the prophet who anointed both King Saul and King David yet there is great difference between the two kings. One was a man of the spirit the other a fleshly man.
Unlike Saul, King David had an intimate relationship with God and constantly pursued his Maker. The Bible shows us the fruit of his relationship with God. The challenge with King Saul was that he did not know God or desire to know Him but he wanted the benefits that he could get from God.
The Lord desires fellowship and in the Bible he even came walking in the garden with the desire to spend time conversing with Adam.
[1]By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but found him not [2]I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broadways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him but found him not. [3]The watchman that go about the city found me: to whom I said, saw ye him whom my soul loveth [4]It was but a little that I passed from them but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him and would not let him go until I had brought him into my mother’s house and into her chamber of her that conceived me
Songs of Solomon 3vs.1-4
The woman in the above scripture woke up at night and found her lover gone. She immediately got up and went throughout the city in search of her lover. This shows a deep commitment to her relationship and as she went all over the city she meet the watch man who told her we have not seen your lover watch man are symbolic for ministers and shepherds put over God's flock. She passed the shepherds and found her lover just after the shepherds.
Her commitment to find her lover enabled her to find him. You need such commitment in your pursuit of God. Develop a strong desire for fellowship. It is through such desire that knowledge is released. That knowledge allows you to discover a fresh relationship with God.
I once read of a dear man of God who felt a burden to pray while walking in town. The atmosphere was not conducive for the type of prayer he wanted to make so he quickly got a hotel room and closed himself inside that room with a desire to just speak to the Lord. Such desire is a birthing place for an intimate relationship with God.
From the moment Jesus was born, all the decisions he made and those made by his parents, Mary and Joseph, were in fulfilment of scripture. The same applies even those made by his enemies. Could it be that the same way God planned Jesus' life could also be the way he planned yours? Are you walking in his plans for your life? Jeremiah 29 vs 11 speaks how God knows the plans he has for your life.
A lot of people don't believe in predestination. But we see it in Jesus' life. Could it be I have the responsibility to walk into the plans the Lord has set for me or it's automatic? Throughout scripture, I noticed these where decisions made consciously and through obedience to the God's leading.
The challenge we have is that we assume that if we are walking in his plan for our lives, then it should just be sweet. The prophet Jeremiah, the one who was used to write the beautiful scripture we mentioned above, did not live a rosy life but faced resistance from the people and although he preached captivity, he himself did not go into captivity.
How do I align myself to his pre-ordained plan for me. Jesus, though he knew the pain of the cross, chose to endure it because he knew the harvest that would come.
Could it be that a lot of people move out of the plans of God because they want to avoid enduring the difficult times that willl lead to a glorious future?
The challange is you assume his plan does not have trying times and the lack of endurance may drive you away from his plan for you. The matter is about understanding his purposes. Some endure pains which are not part of his plans for them. It's beyond the joy or the pain.
It's only about his voice and fulfilling his purpose. Will you allign to his will today and walk into his pre-odained plans for you?
His voice is in his word and his plan for you is in scripture . Though his voice can be discovered and taught walking in his plans is a conscious effort one has to make .
