The Voice of God, continued by Lawrence S. Perry, B. S., M.Div.

THE VOICE OF GOD (Cont.)

WHAT SCRIPTURE REVEALS

In my last blog, I addressed the fact that one of the ways God speaks is through that still, small voice from within. When we, however,  continue our search through the Bible, we uncover a number of stories that tell that God will reach out to us in our dreams. For instance, in MT:2-12f, an angel appears to Joseph in a dream and instructs him to take the Christ child to Egypt for He was in danger.  And Joseph obeys. In the Old Testament, we can read about the exploits of a young man named Joseph, one of the patriarchs of Israel. He is guided by his dreams and had the gift of interpreting dreams. Such a gift helped him save his family and lead the nation of Israel. Gen. 37f. But, what do you say? Do you pay attention to your dreams?  Are dreams still a medium through which the divine reaches out to us?

GIVE ME A SIGN

A number of years ago when I was contemplating a career change, I was in consultation with my par- 

ish priest as to wheather on not to enter seminary.  At the time I was somewhat confused. Wisely, my priest told me to simply look for a sign. That night I was reading a book which was talking about how God speaks to us through dreams. So, I challenged God to give me a dream as a sign of his will. I was somewhat smirking at the time. However, that night I dreamt in living color that I was submitting my application to seminary. The next morning I laughed as I was thinking that I really set myself up for that and quickly set aside my thoughts on the subject. The next night I was surprised to continue the dream where I found myself in seminary. The dream was once again in living color. When I woke up, I said that was odd. I had never had a sequential dream before. We weren't done yet. The third night the dream continued in technicolor, and I found myself leading my first worship service. I thought I had received my answer to the next step in my journey. Since that time, I have paid close attention to my dreams. Do you?  Remember, walking in sacred space is a moment in time, and you'll miss it if you're not open to the movement of the Spirit of God.