Night Vision / Dream Sept. 26, 07

With so much coming from the Lord recently teaching about the vital need to be able to walk in God’s Peace during times of trial and especially during tribulation, this dream is a welcome lesson. It was so vivid and interesting and has really helped me develop a firm concept of how and why to enter the Peace of God’s Rest. Try to imagine the imagery when you take it back to the Lord in prayer. Some of the symbolism is very straightforward and I have added my own interpretations in the (( )) which you can take or leave. Anyway, here’s the dream:

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I was at my parents’ house with lots of other people who were getting ready to get on the bus and go to work. ((There are many of us who have been prepared by spiritual parents to possess our inheritance and we are about to be released into various ministries.))

We were waiting for the right bus. ((We are waiting for the right time or personal conditions of release according to God’s perfect Wisdom.))

The bus came, and someone said, “Hey it’s a REAL bus.” It was a new model and had a different seating layout than a normal bus. I got on, paid the fare and had a bulky backpack that I soon took off. ((God’s Ways and His Kingdom are True and Eternal. We pay a price to enter it, and we enter still carrying our burdens.))

On the bus I realized that we were not going to work but were allowed to have a day off. On board there were no pressures of any kind, no worries about what time it was, or about being late for anything, and we didn’t even have to worry about going back to work when we got off!! ((We can enter God’s promised Rest … and it carries us … we are exempt from the world’s sorrows, and labor of works, but have PEACE and JOY!))

The bus was fit up and decorated in a very special way, like it was made for kids but it was made with the most expensive and exquisite fixtures made from silver and other precious materials. Everything was very fancy and made with a free-form design that was childlike and fun but beautiful as well. Normal designs for children’s play houses are asymmetrical, gaudy, and goofy, this was done in very nice taste but still felt child-friendly. ((The Kingdom is made for God’s Children.))

I saw a younger Christian sitting at the window who was still worried about missing work, “Now we’re going to be late to work,” he said. He couldn’t enjoy the peace or rest. ((The immature can’t enter the Rest because it is by faith. So we need to renew our minds and walk in the Spirit to be able to see and enter, experience or enjoy it.))

The bus was very wide and had three levels inside it with steps and ladders going up. But there was one staircase that only small children could use, and that led to a part of the bus that only small children could fit through … it seemed to have a child’s washroom as well. Adults could get there a different way and could see it all, but this was a special place just made for kids. ((We have to be like children to enter some parts of the Kingdom. There is a kind of cleansing in the Kingdom for those who are as children.))

I was just wandering around looking at all the fixtures and objects. They were so marvelous, so much fun and opened up so many new ideas. You could never get bored in that place, there were so many possibilities in each object.

Also, there would be three classes, or activities, during the day that would teach us to do special crafts using the things in this bus … like they were special forms of art, and they were being held in the lowest part of the bus. ((Later I asked the Lord about this and think He said one of the crafts was building with divine LOVE, using tools of divine LOVE, which we do to build relationships and restore people — I think all these Kingdom skills are foundational (they are taught at a low level) but can only be done when we are ministering from being within God’s peace ourselves.))

The longer I stayed, the more I felt so impressed with the idea that there was no need to think about time, there was no anxiety of when we would have to leave, or what we would have to do once we got off the bus; we didn’t even care where we were going. We weren’t hungry, or have any negative feelings or thoughts at all. ((GOD’s peace surpasses our normal rational understanding.))

Then I heard the Lord speak and say, “You can come here any time you need REST.” ((That means we are heirs of God’s Rest, not only casual visitors. This Rest is a part of the Kingdom prepared for us, and we can go there in the spirit by prayer anytime we want or need to!))

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Having this concrete conceptual imagery has been such a blessing because it has helped me in a very practical way to enter His Rest when I’m feeling stretched or stressed. There are still parts I do not understand (such as the other two crafts) but so far its been very helpful.

Edward Johnson, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it