A GIFT OF LIGHT SHINING LIGHT IN A FIELD (dreamed last night)
I was standing on the porch of a shack that was being used as a small country store. It was about the same time of year as it is right now in real life but in the dream, the air temperature was comfortable, and I was wearing short sleaves and jeans. A Bible appeared in front of me and it opened to Genesis and a specific verse was highlighted by sunlight for me to read. It was when Cain said to Abel, "Let us go into the field." and I was told, "Go out into the field." I looked out the field behind the shack. It was a cut cornfield. There was only stubble and dried mud which is normal for this time of year, for it was long after the harvest. I saw this brilliant white light shining in the middle of this field. I heard, "This is God's gift to you." I was a little afraid of this gift, because I didn't know what it would do but, I walked out into the field and picked up the light. It disappeared into me as it was asorbed by my hands into my body. I went back to the shack and sat inside with other customers. I was expecting some kind of sign or miracle was going to manifest itself through me. Nothing happened. I was puzzled by this. I had this gift and I knew it some kind of talent or ministry but since I had no knowledge as to what I was supposed to do or what the gift is I was frustrated. The people there were mockers of God and started laughing at me but it didn't bother me. If I knew what it was, I would know what to do. So I asked what is the gift and what is it that I am do with it? The only possible clue I can think of it that I felt like the sin of Cain had nothing to do with the gift, but the verse was shown to me for the purpose of emphasizing the need for me to go out into the field and I knew it was a seperate gift from the gift of salvation, and it was to be my ministry here on earth. This was no answer in the dream as to what it is, and there was absolutely no way of me figuring out what it was on my own. Need help on this one.

I see God's light shining through you, you are to share this light with others. Freely you have received, freely give.

Thanks Adonicle, that makes sense....will do, that ties into what I think HE is showing me...

In the story of Cain and Abel, God placed a mark on Cain as sign for his own protection, so that if anyone finds him, he could NOT be killed. Instead of finding Abel's spilled blood in the field (Abel's blood was spilled in the field in the story) I find light. It is a mark of protection but not due to punishment but as a blessing from God. Now when I went back into the shack and faced the haters, though they were mad enough to kill me, they couldn't act out, because God's protection was there so it was impossible to hurt me. This is what the gift could be, a mark of protection, so that when I share the Word with people and there are those who have every intention to kill me they will not be able to carry it out, because God's mark of protection would be there. That is why I had the feeling of somehow the gift was like Cain's sin undone...that would make sense if the gift is the mark is a seal of protection from God. The shack and the people in it brought to mind the worst and most dangerous places to go to minister the gospel, like bad neighborhoods, bars, and strip clubs and the like. This protection was clearly evident in the past because I've been in situations, at no fault of my own, where a gang of violent teens saw that I was alone and had every intention of harming me but when they got right up to me and surrounded me they couldn't do any actual harm and they would leave angry and cursing becauseh they had no power to harm, this has happened to me several times. In the story of Cain and Abel, anyone who would harm Cain were cursed with punishment 7 times greater than Cain's punishment, so if the gift of God is protection like Cain, only in the positive sense, then whoever who wants to harm me must be under a curse of wrath.

Flyingsquirrel, I read your dream earlier, and have been praying about the meaning. I agree with Adonaicole. GOD is showing you HIS LIGHT shining through you. Praying that this helps you to understand your dream.

Matthew 5:14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. 15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Look at the fields...they are harvested!


John 4:34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. 35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. 36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.

Harvest:

Matthew 9:37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; 38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.

Cain, respresents sinners. GOD is showing you how to take part in HIS HARVEST, as HIS LIGHT.

what it speaks to me...

you are the gift...to those that God sends you to
and the gifts will bring forth the salvation message
according to that which each needs...the light of the World
will show you discernment and how to minister to others.

blessings,
signet

Praise God!

I saw this topic that you started FS, and I was really drawn to it.

I didnt even open it and I heard the Holy Spirit speaking to me as I just read the title.

The Spirit of God was saying to me that you were to take the Truth of God and openly proclaim
it to others!

The gift is the Light of Jesus Christ and that Light is within us when we belong to Him!

Then I opened the post and began to read! Wow!!

What you dreamed, and the meaning that Adonicle gave were exactly, perfectly matching to the answer that the Holy Spirit gave to me before I even read anything but the title!

The Lord confirms His Truth.

What Im seeing and hearing more and more from the Lord, is that He wants all of His true children to take every opportunity to speak His Gospel to anyone that we can.

To speak to anyone that we about Christ and continue to witness the Gospel.

Blessings to you in Christ.
Chris

The blood of Abel cries out.

The blood of the righteous saints are the seeds of Christianity.

In our walk with God we often bleed, not just physical blood, red wine, but spiritual blood, tears of the Spirit, white wine.

Let your light shine so that people may see your good works and glorify God.

Hi FS!

What a beautiful dream...and unique. I was drawn to this dream too, and have had somewhat similar dreams as well...(where I was shown some gifts that needed to be unwrapped). Yes, it's exciting and somewhat frustrating (not knowing exactly what the gifts are), LOL.

Yours has some interesting clues. Have you wondered why you were led to a field already cut? This is speaking something I do believe. Perhaps this is in relation to the people in the store......OH! STOREHOUSE??? I'm not sure but years ago I had a dream somewhat similar to this one...and I believe it was related to an area where I *thought* I was being led to minister, but God was warning me that this would prove fruitless. I was in a small travel-trailer and it was loaded to the hilt with corn that I was craving. Every cabinet, every nook and cranny was filled with corn. (ie-harvest). But when I stepped outside I could see this trailer had it's wheels sunk into the mud of the empty field. (The trailer was immovable).

I think it's remarkable that you come from (an empty) field to a shack/store and the people there are mocking you. Is it that our God is giving you an (enlightened) discernment concerning the heart condition of various people? And perhaps there are some people around you now (or in relation to the "store") who would not be benefited by the gospel?

I do hate to say it but there are those whom the Lord knows that will not be affected by the gospel. My husband's dear parents were traveling evangelists and God warned them who to avoid. Plus I'm reminded of the apostle Paul who was warned not to go to Asia.

(this could be my speculation but you may want to pray about it)

love to you,
Kim

I think you are right IamLives...it seemed to me that no matter what I did, those people were not going to lestin

Dear one,
I would be careful to pray about this because it's possible this could also be a warning (because of the reference to Cain and Abel......with you being like Abel!). My dh's Mother was warned similarly concerning a lady who knocked on her door one afternoon (claiming she wanted to know more about God). This lady had every intention of stabbing his Mom but God warned her by a vision. She saw (by vision) the knife in the lady's purse and she knew she was intending on killing her. So she silently prayed and rebuked the spirit of murder... and when she did this a confusion came upon the lady and she went back outside asking "why am I here?"...then it dawned upon the lady and she remembered and said "I was going to stab you and kill you!". She left and never came back, thank God!

As christians we have this big heart's desire to minister to as many people as possible, especially knowing that the time is short but I have learned over the years that some people are completely closed off AND because of this, they ARE the enemies of God. (Yes, we all were enemies before our salvation...but the type of enemies I'm talking about would love nothing more than to seriously harm christians). I'm concerned for those I read about recently going into the gay communities and were mob attacked...they could have been murdered or seriously harmed. They were wanting to do a good work but good works also require discernment. If it were me, I would not be street witnessing in any area like they were in (especially after proposition 8 was passed)...unless of course God had specifically warned me ahead of time like He did with Paul (and the Jews who would seek his death). We need to be wise in this day and age.

God bless you FS!
Kim

Hi Kim,
I kind of agree with what you are saying.

this is the reason that its just "kind of agree":

I believe that we are to speak the Gospel to anyone and everyone that we can.
But this certainly is conditional. If the Holy Spirit stops you from speaking to whoever that person is, then that is the one condition.

There have been times when I wanted to go and speak the Gospel to someone, but circumstance or the Holy Spirit leading me away from the area or person interviened.

A couple of years ago, I was roller blading through a very bad neighborhood, passing out Gospel tracts and speaking to those that I could about the Lord.
I noticed a car sitting with a couple of muslim men in it and was drawn to speak to them about Christ. They quickly informed me that they were muslim, as I spoke with them, I said that muslims also need to hear the Gospel of Jesus CHrist. They did not want to listen to what I had to say though, but I believe that the Lord sent me there so that someday those words that I spoke would possibly be a witness against them for rejecting the Gospel of Christ, I pray that maybe a seed was planted though.

So, I think that we are saying the same thing, but I do believe that we should speak the Gospel to everyone, until the Holy Spirit says otherwise.

God bless you
In Christ alone,
Chris

Hi Chris,
You brought up a good point. Street witnessing is a noble ministry of which my husband and I have participated in for years. I do hope that I'm able to convey this tactfully and/or respectfully (because that is my heart)...but feel it must be said...common sense is lacking in a lot of ministries today. Not just discernment, not just God personally speaking, but common sense too. This is why I mentioned the (gay community) scenario because I consider these christians to have very good intentions but I also believe their common sense was lacking. Clearly after prop 8 was passed, many GBLT's were outraged and were capable of harmful acts against churches and church-goers. And even though these christians had been going to this certain gay area for months before prop 8; after it passed they should have paused before going in there. Not to mention the fact that the crowd itself was giving them a warning hours in advance....they should not have stayed there but they did. Even the police were concerned for their safety BEFORE they were commanded to leave.

Not only this, (I don't know about you) but I've noticed over the years that there are christians who have it impressed upon them that they should PURSUE the goal of martyrdom. I disagree with that mentality. Martyrdom should never be ideolized or pursued...and even though Paul knew ahead of time that this would be the outcome, martyrdom was not his goal.

I'm not talking about shrinking back in fear or hiding our light....I'm talking about wisely discerning which course we should take; taking into consideration that the longer we are here in the earth, the longer we can affectively be about our Father's business......unless of course a situation similar to Paul's presents itself. These are not cut and dry answers but so many people fail to acknowledge the fact that the times we are living in are much more evil than the days of the former apostles. Even though we do not witness the degree of physical persecution in the US as in former times, there are many more enemies of God who being used by Satan cause much harm to christians through many (unique) avenues. I'm talking about tactics, about knowing your enemy....and knowing your limitations. There are many things if I could go back and have the knowledge I have now, I would have done things differently, LOL.

I am not dismissing the spreading of the gospel, please don't take me wrong. If we are really following God's Spirit though, we will submit to Him in all things and recognize that there is a time and a place for all things. Casting our pearls before swine comes to my mind along with another interesting scripture which has stood out to me over the years...

(NKJV) Amos 5:7 You who turn justice to wormwood, And lay righteousness to rest in the earth!" 8 He made the Pleiades and Orion; He turns the shadow of death into morning And makes the day dark as night; He calls for the waters of the sea And pours them out on the face of the earth; The LORD [is] His name. 9 He rains ruin upon the strong, So that fury comes upon the fortress. 10 They hate the one who rebukes in the gate, And they abhor the one who speaks uprightly. 11 Therefore, because you tread down the poor And take grain taxes from him, Though you have built houses of hewn stone, Yet you shall not dwell in them; You have planted pleasant vineyards, But you shall not drink wine from them. 12 For I know your manifold transgressions And your mighty sins: Afflicting the just [and] taking bribes; Diverting the poor [from justice] at the gate. 13 Therefore the prudent keep silent at that time, For it [is] an evil time.

This scripture has always spoken loud and clear to me that those who are prudent will also know when to speak and when to be silent.

God bless you,
Kim

Thanks for some really great scripture Kim.

Im a very firm believer in the Matthew 6:33 principle, in that when we seek the kingdom of God and His righteousness, ALL things will be added to us.

Also, this scripture verse:
Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths.

If you are walking in the Spirit, really trusting in Christ in everything, then you will not be wrong in what you do.

This morning while getting ready for the day, the Lord began to speak to me about how it is that Im clothed in the righteousness of Christ, and He began to reveal to me how it is that some are clothed in His righteousness and how some are not and why..

There are so many that think that they are clothed in the righteousness of Christ, but are only deceiving themselves.

Revelation 3:18
I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.

The shame of nakedness is to be believing that you are clothed in Christ's righteousness, but are really naked and do not know it.

Many are naked because they are not trusting in the Lord with all of their heart, and they are not acknowledging Him in all of their ways.

I still find it amazing that that so many are holding on to the fact that they said a "prayer of faith" and think that because they recited some words at some point in their life, they are now written in the Book of Life!

But, my point is simply that when we are walking in the Spirit, and not after the flesh, when we truly believe in Christ and seek Him and His will, because He alone is our food and our strength, that's when we dont have to try to be smart or clever or figure everything out, but the Holy Spirit will lead us into everything, or away from some things..

Maybe this is in fact what you are saying, that the Holy Spirit gives us the wisdom to do what we need to do, when we need to do it.

But to be clothed in the righteousness of Christ, is truly to be denying ourself, picking up our cross daily, and following after Jesus. This is how we are clothed, and unfortunately and very sadly, there are so many that are trusting in a prayer that they once said.
Its mind boggling, the number of Christians that I have personally heard speak these words, that all you have to do is say this simple prayer, and then you are written in the Book of Life, Im talking about many, many pastors that teach this and many church goers that believe it.

When you are clothed in His righteousness, He will certainly direct your path and then, no weapon formed against you will prosper.

Blessings In Christ,
Chris

You hit the nail on the head Chris! Yes, we need to be clothed in the righteousness of Christ...and it's not a simple little (empty) prayer. I think back on the times of our Lord when He was here in the earth and how he viewed the *so-called* righteous Pharisees and Saduccees (sp? lol). His comments about them traveling the whole earth to make one convert (to hell!) and how they shut up the kingdom of heaven from those attempting to enter in. There is so much of that going on nowadays!

I know we are in a learning process and even *if* a righteous man stumbles a hundred times, he will still GET UP a hundred times! (my paraphrase).

I do love that scripture too about leaning not upon our own understanding but trusting the Lord with all or heart. He WILL make our paths straight (for those who are called according to His purpose and glory....He works all things for good for those who love Him).

God bless you,
Kim