By: Rob Peralta
For a little over a year I have been praying this frequent prayer "Dear Lord, please help me walk in your righteousness and according to your Laws. Please admonish me if I walk in error, make it CLEAR to me, that I might know my wrongdoing." And the Lord did not disappoint!
Ever since I was a young teenager I have been a avid boxing fan. I mean I almost worshipped the sport. I watched every big fight through the years. I knew all the boxers and even bought the boxing magazines (before there was the Internet, lol). I would not hesitate to cancel any and every important thing that stood in the way, in order to watch a good fight. Then I came back to the Lord. But guess what? I still did not want to give up my beloved boxing. That all changed just a few days ago.
Remember my prayer above? Well I was in my kitchen the other night and I heard the Lord say to me "Tonight I am going to give you a dream" I said "Ok, Lord I am ready, you know how I really look forward to hearing your messages in the dreams." Since I have been "born again" I have had several dreams which were messages from the Lord, affecting my life. Little did I know this one would "knock me out" lol.
I knew that this particular dream would be something profound. Because I had never before been "told" beforehand a dream was coming. So I went to sleep that night. And I did get a dream. Normally I am one of those who won't really remember a dream, or not have any at all. Here's what happened.
I was in a room and I see Oscar De La Hoya (world famous former champion boxer) sitting at a desk with some other people (like body guards). I approach him and reach out to shake His hand. We shake firmly. I sit down and began to tell him "Hey Oscar, you know it's not right, you really should return the rental deposit back to your tenant"(Don't ask me why I asked this,lol)
Then all of a sudden Oscar eyes flashed at me, and I mean really flashed, with immense hatred towards me. Like he wanted to kill me. he said "Ok, I'll do it" but He continued to stare at me angrily. Then I get up to leave. Next I am at the rental house thinking he's coming over to get me. But strangely I feel not alone but protected. Then I awake.
When I awoke I remembered clearly this dream, yet I wondered "what was that about??" Then the Lord reminded me about His promise of a special dream. And here is the best part HE EXPLAINED IT TO ME! Praise God! The shaking of the hands was me "embracing boxing" The hatred of Oscar towards me was "boxing wanting to kill me or do me harm." the Lord was telling me this is a wicked sport and it will do you harm if you continue to sin in watching this brutal sport. Amen Lord! Thank you for answering my prayer in guiding me to stay on the righteous path.
So please be aware that the Lord will speak to you in many different ways. And one of the best and clearest is in dreams! Keep praying that he will guide you in ALL areas of your life. Will I miss boxing? I probably will for a while but you know what? My elation of knowing that our ever watchful Lord has guided me FAR outweighs this loss.
May you look to the Lord for every aspect of your life. He'll guide you always!
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Any one know Spanish?lol. Thanks for the comment :-)
ReplyDeleteAwesome Bob! Isn't He faithful.
ReplyDeleteMany times He will have me share how that when we come to Him, He puts us "on track". I liken this to railroad tracks. They are our own personal tracks for us. As we go down them, He begins to show us what is not good for our own lives. It's personal, because he is a personal God. He knows what is best for us.
Thanks for sharing this!
Your welcome! Amen to that. You're right ONLY He knows each ones pitfalls and we should be so glad he is willing to show us them even though we sometimes ignore them or worse yet "enjoy" them. God bless.
ReplyDeleteHave you thought that maybe that wasn't god talking to you. But a messenger from the other side. Not Satan but a guide directing you to not be as fanatical about boxing but to still enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteInteresting point but I'm sure it was our Lord. As the story said, I got a "direct" message from Him that same evening indicating I'd receive a dream. If I hadn't then yes, maybe I would have considered that or that it was simply a strange dream(?)But the "key" was I was foretold to expect a dream, so I knew after I received it, it was a warning from the Lord. Plus I had been feeling pretty guilty lately watching boxing. No doubt the Holy Spirit trying to warn me also. Thanks for you imput though. Keep YOUR eyes open for Him talking to your through dreams, as my main purpose was to bring awareness to this, Yours in Christ. Rob
ReplyDeleteRob, that is AMAZING. I can hardly comprehend how unbelievable it is that the creator of the entire universe would care so deeply as to communicate with us like this. Outstanding post!
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Yes, He cares so deeply and WATCHES us so closely, we DO INDEED have a loving and caring God! Sometimes with so many people carrying on about this doctrine and that, it's important to talk about the ACTUAL MOVING of His spirit!
ReplyDeleteHEY BOB,THAT WAS GREAT TO HERE AND KNOWING THAT GOD CAN SPEAK TO US IN OUR DREAMS,IS SOMETHING I DID NOT KNOW.THE LAST FOUR DAYS I HAVE HAD DREAMS ABOUT AN EXGIRLFRIEND THAT I MISS VERYMUCH AND WANTED TO CALL.BUT THESE DREAMS I HAVE CONFRONTED HER ASKING IF SHE IS SEEING SOMEONE BUT SHE NEVER ANSWERS RIGHT AWAY.BUT NOW I SEE WHAT GOD IS TELLING ME IN MY DREAMS THAT SHE PROBABLY IS AND FOR ME TO MOVE ON AND TO CONTINUE ON IN MY NEW CHRISTIAN WALK WITH THE LORD.THANKS FOR SHARING,AND GOD BLESS
ReplyDeleteYes, the Word say's he'll pour out His spirit in the last days. And one of the ways of this "pouring out" is through dreams. It's important to keep PRAYING that he'll guide you in your dreams, otherwise you may just dream "you own" dreams. God bless you too, and keep up your walk!
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