The Struggle Dream
March 15, 2024 12:33 PM
Solitary Man
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Last night I had 2 separate dreams. The 1st was one where I was in a building that I know that I have dreamt of before. The closest thing it resembles was my old high school. This school had long, dark hallways and was mostly empty. I had the sense of searching, trying to find my place. I felt that it was a struggle moving around and finding anything out. Everywhere I looked it was dark and deserted. It was a struggle to get to the place I wanted to get to.
The second dream was that I suddenly found myself returning to work. I have been retired for a few years and this was certainly not in my plans. The 1st thing I noticed is that the place was now full of people. Mostly foreigners, everyone briskly going to and fro. The 2nd thing is there was someone sitting where I used to sit. My private office cubicle had been dismantled and it was much more of a total open office concept. The only familiar face was my old boss, who was in the next office, just where she was when I retired.
As I entered into the hubbub, I kept trying to locate one thing after another. Yet it felt like I was pushing against a physical force as I tried to move around. I would find one thing, like my shoes, and immediately was trying to find something else. I was expecting to get my old office back, and my private cubicle rebuilt, but I woke up before knowing if that would occur. Also, while I was trying to find stuff, some foreigner told me to come to his office to get my security credentials updated.
The overall impression was one of much activity, noise, and everyone running to and fro. This would of been the exact opposite environment that I had been used to all my career. Nothing bothered me more than excess noise around my office space.
I honestly cannot say with certainty if these dreams were to mean anything. Usually if I discern that a dream is of the Lord, I am given an immediate interpretation. Yet I do have some impressions, so I will share what I can.
What promptly comes to mind is the sense that it will become harder and harder to find that secret place. I know the one overriding feeling I had was that I really did not want to be in any of those places, and that my desire was to find a quiet spot, away from humanity, and all its’ works. My spirit was not at rest, and it was physically hard to move, as it felt like I was pushing through some sort of ‘thick air’. The overall desire I had was to get away and find that secret place that was the chief desire of my heart.
Perhaps the Holy Spirit is saying that finding that secret place going forward is going to be harder and more difficult. The thickness of the air indicates that the opposition will primarily be spiritual, as the skies above us get overrun more and more with the soldiers of the enemy. We are going to have to make an ever increasing effort to get to that secret place. Whether it’s darkness and confusion, as in the first dream, or the hubbub and interference of strangers as in the second dream, the forces arrayed against us are only going to intensify.
The many strangers of the 2nd dream represents all the forces the enemy is bringing to our shores to wreak havoc and occupy our senses, as we can’t help but see their continual activity. The one stranger telling me to stop by and get my security clearances updated represents the increasing control the evil one is putting in place.
The fact that my old office was taken apart and occupied by a stranger represents the uprooting of all that we took for granted in our day to day lives. The molasses like air that I felt myself walking through represents the increasing spiritual difficulty we will face in reaching the spiritual goals we are going after. These goals could be things such as achieving our regular time of fellowship in our secret place, or the battles we will face in obtaining the true promises of God.
Darkness, thickness, unfamiliarity, extra effort, confusion, slow going. These are the impressions the Holy Spirit left me with. I believe as with most things that he is saying to the body, that these are warnings in advance. Prepare yourself for greater difficulties, not less. Forewarned is forearmed.
I pray that sharing this may resonate with someone out there who is wondering why things keep getting harder and harder. Know that you are not alone, as the entire body of Christ is called to walk down this path of necessary struggle as the time draws to a close.
Solitary Man
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