{"id":19,"date":"2005-02-17T04:14:00","date_gmt":"2005-02-17T18:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newcoolthang.com\/?p=19"},"modified":"2020-01-09T07:11:42","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T14:11:42","slug":"revelatory-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.newcoolthang.com\/index.php\/2005\/02\/revelatory-dreams\/19\/","title":{"rendered":"Revelatory dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever had a revelatory dream? I have. In fact I had one last week. I won’t go into detail about it because it just doesn’t feel right yet… but maybe someday. It was the first one I have had in several years. The last one I remember was in 1999. The prophesies in that one came to pass just as the dream indicated. I had a few on my mission too. My current stake president recently had one that has been appropriately quoted as local scripture in many meetings since he shared it with us at stake conference. <\/p>\n

Revelatory dreams seem to take a couple of forms. The dream my stake president had was in the genre of Lehi’s dream<\/a>. It was in parable form and had to do with the stake over which he presides. It taught the things our stake needs to focus on to better fulfill our three-fold mission. (I can give you details if you’d like… ask and ye shall receive)<\/p>\n

My revelatory dreams seem to be more in the genre of those we read about in the story of Joseph<\/a>, son of Jacob. They are prophesies of important (but personal) things that are to happen in the near future. You’ll remember that not only did Joseph have dreams but he also interpreted dreams from two fellow prisoners<\/a> and Pharaoh<\/a>. All of those were fairly short term prophesies. This is slightly different from the dream Daniel deciphered<\/a> and interpreted because that was a long term prophesy.<\/p>\n

I’m not sure why we get the gifts we do. My gifts do strengthen my faith<\/a> in the Lord Jesus Christ though. I suspect God gives me what he knows fits me. I don’t really like surprises. I invariably look at the last chapter of a novel to see how it ends before reading the whole book. I guess I just enjoy seeing it unfold and God accommodates me.<\/p>\n

If you haven’t had any revelatory dreams don’t fret. They are probably a spiritual gift and we all get different spiritual gifts. I read an interesting post over at T&S<\/a> recently where the following experience was shared on the subject of dialogic (two-way) prayer:<\/p>\n

…once when he had the opportunity to speak of such matters with a member of the Twelve, Tom told that person of the absence of direct, dialogic answers to his prayers. Elder X responded, “The kinds of answers you are talking about are a gift of the Spirit. Evidently, you don’t have that gift.” After a slight pause, Elder X added, “Neither do I.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So while I suspect not everyone in the church gets revelatory dreams, those who do have no reason to brag. Why take credit for a gift? We don’t earn them — if we earned them they would be more appropriately called wages or something.<\/p>\n

So like Lehi, are you a visionary<\/a> person? Like Joseph are you a dreamer<\/a>? Is it common with you or rare like with me? <\/span>