the title of my first post "turning nightmare to promise," for me is as good as a good belly laugh at satan (and his little evil plots). a heads-up: nightmares are merely the devil's mode of intimidation. he tells us his plans in our sleep to scare us, but funny enough, (if you know how to translate) reveals the amazing plans of our Father "to help us, not to harm us, to prosper us, and give us hope and a future." (Jeremiah 29:11)
i'll explain with an example from last night.
i dreamt i was forced away from a gathering of people at gunpoint, into a hotel room. there, it was explained to me that i was to first violate myself, then with an audience of people i know be violated by the enforcer himself. after the directions were given, the audience invited in, and the humiliation set to start, the gun went off. the man with the plan had literally shot himself in the foot! i saw the damage myself...flesh and blood, the pain on his face. at which point, i rushed out of bed to his aid, and tended to the wound prior to walking away.
here are a few promises i gleened from that nightmare...
1-what he asked me to do, he too saw as vile. he wanted me to be defiled...revisited by former shame. note: i have a daughter and no husband.
translation: the devil is intimidated by my purity! (answer to prayer about my identity)
2-he wanted the shame he put on me to be public.
translation: The Lord sees me as a public figure! (answer to prayer about my purpose)
3-the gun was to a) scare me into going against my will and God's and b) to punish me incase i refused.
translation: "no weapon formed against me shall prosper." (insert bible verse here)
4-the bullet hit the enforcer, not me! (ha)
translation: "men may fall to my right and left, but i will not fall" (insert bible verse)
5-he literally "shot himself in the foot." take that figuratively...
translation: the devil's plan is working against him. "If God be for me, then who can be against me." (insert verse here)
6-i experienced the flesh and blood of his wound. this was a message special for me, since i've been a "doubting Thomas"/skeptical of His revealed plan in my life/a true "show-me" girl.
translation: God is showing me, like i asked. "the wicked are bruised for my namesake." (insert verse here)
7-i saw myself run to help a hurt man, despite the fact his intentions were to damage me and my reputation.
translation: an instruction for my life, directions from where i am (struggling with judgement). this is a reminder to rebuke the sin not the sinner, or in other terms, directions to "love thine enemy." (insert verse here)
8-i was allowed to walk away.
translation: all threat is gone. i have no reason to run! "my enemy has been defeated." (insert verse here)
ooooooh satan, you make me laugh! thank You Lord, for opening my eyes to see! readers, be encouraged. i pray that Holy Spirit opens your eyes to see His promises for your life.
*bible verses have not yet been inserted, within quotations are paraphrased sacred scripts...love letters from Daddy
