In the very same way, on the strength of their dreams these ungodly people pollute their own bodies, reject authority and heap abuse on celestial beings. Jude 1:8
Not all dreams/visions are not from God. While
God communicated to many people in dreams – Jacob, Joseph (Jacob’s son),
Daniel, Joseph (Jesus’ father) – dreams must be handled with caution.
God can communicate to us in many ways, but that
does not mean that everything is a communication from God. If so, we would look at every crazy image in
our dreams and expect them to happen in reality.
Dreams are the result of nighttime brain
activity. They are effected by sickness, anxiety, pressure, food. We have
disconnected thoughts in our minds that may or may not communicate some deeper,
hidden meaning or secret about our lives. We try desperately to make sense of
dreams showing us arriving at school in our pajamas, or running away from a
killer or flying over the ocean. Many times our dreams are just silly. Our
minds are simply processing incidents and thoughts that happened during the day
and trying to bring them to conclusion.
Then again, some dreams may be communications
from God. Many missionaries tell stories
of people who had dreams then when the missionary arrived, the person said, “I
saw this in a dream last night” or “A man in the sky was calling me to him.” Definitely God was trying to reach that
person and prepare them for his Gospel message.