It's been a while since I've been dreaming dreams that are not a repetition of the day's activities. Early on Friday morning after dropping off to sleep at 5am I had this dream...
I was with a lot of people. All of them, were totally strangers to me. I don't know these people now, but I was familiar with them in my dream. They were young, and by the way I addressed them, I knew they were my students.
In the dream, most people had the "tidak apa" attitude, some were so caught up in their past hurts that it made them bitter and angry youth. I remember clearly that there was this boy who kept having bad nosebleeds every time he got mad.
When I was dreaming, I was constantly feeling the sense of Christ's eventual arrival. More accurately, the thought and feeling that kept surfacing within me at that moment was...Jesus is coming!!!! and the excitement was overwhelming and I just couldn't stop talking about it! I ran from student to student, more than 50 people, and started to tell them that Christ was coming, Christ was coming. I asked them to get ready because its happening sooner than we think. Some repented, some rejoiced. Some got down on their knees and repented while others together with me caught the excitement and we began talking non-stop on how rapture would happen. Rapture didn't happen in the dream, but our thoughts and imagination in the dream became so vivid to me that I saw visions of how people would rapture...it was just a flash of light and the person would just disappear. The light is not like any other light we can see in our world...golden, holy and beautiful at the same time. Even the gold flash it has, we can't recreate here, I've never seen it.
In the dream itself I shared about how Jesus is coming and I urged some people to accept Christ. Many got down on their knees and prayed. Remember the boy whom I said would have a nosebleed all the time? He was ready to kneel down and pray and accept Christ but suddenly he stood up and raged and had a nosebleed. At that moment, I suddenly was able to look into his mind, kind of like when you use a microscope and focus or zoom in on something...I zoomed into his thoughts. I saw that he was hurt from the past and that past kept him angry but most of the time he was the one responsible for keeping the wounds fresh. So I just pointed at him and scolded him, "You know why you always have nosebleeds? It's because you hold onto your hurts and you're angry. It's stopping you from living!"
There was also one scene where I was telling the youth to read the Bible. I confessed that, "Even I need to read more. I'm guilty of not reading it enough."
At the end when I woke up, that same desperation that I had in the dream that "CHRIST IS COMING!!!" was still with me, vivid like anything. I really thought Jesus was coming like in a matter of hours or minutes. I realise that in reality as I woke up and knew it was all a dream... that Jesus IS coming soon!!!!
I have no idea when. But I have a stronger conviction. And I realise that many areas of my life need to be made fit as I await the return of my King. At the same time of equipping myself, I need to also tell others that Christ is returning whether they believe it or not. And to see my students in the dream, although they aren't my students yet, I realise that the younger generation need to be reminded much about the coming of Christ.
Even now, to think of the dream again, to recall it again, I feel excited that Christ is coming. I can't help but want to tell everyone. I pray that God enables me with wisdom and anointing to do so.
Christ is coming!!!
Whoa... It's already the 6th month of the year!!! Good gracious! Somehow, time manages to elude me faster and faster every year!
With less than 3 months to go, we'll be having our Youth Rally. There are a lot of things that go through my mind about this event. Various areas to consider and the time factor is always ringing in my mind. But I believe God has plans for it and everything will work according to His will and grace. God will always never fail to do His part in this. We, His children, just have to keep the faith, keep the fire, keep the fight of winning for His kingdom! What else can we do except keep our faith?
If we expect a move of God, we cannot allow a thought of doubt or the "what if..." moments come into our minds. We have to be focused on the Giver of miracles, the Giver of Life. It's my prayer that throughout this journey of preparing for the rally, that we will chase after the Giver of Life and not run after spiritual experiences and spiritual highs. It's not about producing a theatrical performance that we are after for the rally. It's about drawing down God's very presence into the place. So that people can meet their Maker. Meet their Saviour.
Be a God Chaser....then on that night, we'll be God Catchers!
