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scary dreams

Daniel 4:4-12 (JDV)

Daniel 4:4 I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and flourishing in my palace.
Daniel 4:5 I had a dream, and it scared me; while in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.
Daniel 4:6 So I issued a decree to bring all the wise men of Babylon to me in order that they might make the dream’s interpretation known to me.
Daniel 4:7 When the magicians, mediums, Chaldeans, and diviners came in, I told them the dream, but they could not make its interpretation known to me.
Daniel 4:8 Finally Daniel, named Belteshazzar after the name of my god– and a breath from the holy gods is in him– came before me. I told him about the dream:
Daniel 4:9 “Belteshazzar, head of the magicians, because I know that you have a breath from the holy gods and that no mystery puzzles you, explain to me the visions of my dream that I saw, and its interpretation.
Daniel 4:10 In the visions of my mind as I was lying in bed, I saw this: There was a tree in the middle of the land, and it was very tall.
Daniel 4:11 The tree grew large and strong; its top reached to the sky, and it was visible to the ends of the land.
Daniel 4:12 Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit was abundant, and on it was food for all. Wild animals found shelter under it, the birds of the sky lived in its branches, and every mortal was fed from it.

scary dreams

I had a dream last night, but it was nothing like Nebuchadnezzar’s. I dreamed about what I suppose was going to be the subject matter of a book I had just started reading. When I woke up, I decided to read a little more of the book and found that it was nothing like the dream.

But Nebuchadnezzar’s dream, although symbolic, did come true, and he discovered that he had a reason to be scared because God was judging him for his pride. A dream can be significant if God is behind it. Seek out someone like Daniel, if you are disturbed by a dream.