God speaks to us in dreams Part 1

God speaks to us in a variety of ways, and one of those ways is through dreams. In my last post, I shared how I had a dream that prompted me to search inwardly and ask God why I was feeling “stuck.” That dream revealed how getting off course can affect different areas of my life. It would not only affect me, but it could also affect the people God was bringing into my life.

Let’s explore how God speaks to us through dreams.

God Warns Us Through Dreams

The first dream recorded in the Bible was given to a king named Abimelech. Here is a quick backstory. Abraham and Sarah were passing through a place called Gerar. Abraham was afraid that the people there would kill him because Sarah, his wife, was so beautiful. So he told Sarah to tell the people that she was his sister.

Because of this, King Abimelech took Sarah into his household. But God immediately warned Abimelech in a dream. In Genesis 20:3, God said to him, “You are a dead man because of the woman you have taken; she is a married woman.”

In the dream, Abimelech responded by telling God that he had acted with a clear conscience. He explained that Abraham had told him Sarah was his sister, and Sarah had said the same thing. God acknowledged that Abimelech had acted innocently, but He still instructed him to return Sarah to Abraham.

The next morning, Abimelech obeyed. He returned Sarah to Abraham and also gave him gifts. Abraham then prayed for Abimelech and his household, because God had closed the wombs of the women in Abimelech’s household on Sarah’s behalf.

This story shows us that God can use dreams to warn, protect, correct, and redirect. Abimelech did not know the full truth of the situation, but God revealed what he needed to know before further harm was done.

There are other examples in the Bible where God warned people through dreams. However, in the next post, we will discuss how God also uses dreams to reassure us that He is with us.