Is your dream pursued out of destiny or out of desire?

1 Kings 3:5 In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.

True Prosperity cannot be separated from your walk with God. Because it is internal first.

3 John 2 Beloved… I wish above all things…

Phil 4:19 ….But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Rom 8:32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

2Co 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

2Co 9:6 [ Remember ] this: he who sows sparingly and grudgingly will also reap sparingly and grudgingly, and he who sows generously [ that blessings may come to someone ] will also reap generously and with blessings.

2Co 9:7 Let each one [ give ] as he has made up his own mind and purposed in his heart, not reluctantly or sorrowfully or under compulsion, for God loves (He takes pleasure in, prizes above other things, and is unwilling to abandon or to do without) a cheerful (joyous, ``prompt to do it") giver [ whose heart is in his giving ]. [ Prov. 22:9. ]

Receive the gifts in His hand by first pursuing His heart

The first and most famous dream theorist of the modern era, Sigmund Freud, said that the function of dreams was to preserve sleep, but that theory from the year 1900 is contradicted by the fact that dreams happen very regularly at least five or six times per night in an active stage of sleep called REM sleep (after the rapid eye movements that are part of it, along with many other neurological and physiological changes). In other words, dreams don't just happen as we are about to wake up due to hunger pangs, sexual urges, or the need to go to the bathroom, as Freud thought way back when, before REM sleep was discovered in 1953.

The other famous dream theorist of the modern era, Carl Jung, an early follower of Freud who broke away to develop a very different theory, claimed that the function of dreams is to compensate for those parts of the psyche (total personality) that are underdeveloped in waking life, but Calvin Hall's studies of two-week dream series from students and longer dream journals from adults of all ages strongly suggest that dream content is continuous with waking thought and behavior. That is, if we are outgoing and active in our waking life, and not very introspective and reflective, then so too in our dream life, which contradicts Jung's view.

Still other dream theorists say that dreams have a problem-solving function. Dreams supposedly deal with problems we can't solve in waking life and offer solutions. But a variety of systematic studies find precious little support for this view. However, this is one of those places where we have developed "uses" for our dreams as part of our cultural lore. Looking at them in the light of waking day, and believing that they may be full of insight, we may sometimes come up with new ideas or insights while studying them. That is, we have invented a "use" for dreams, but that doesn't mean that problem solving is a psychological function of dreams built into us over evolutionary time.

God’s purpose for Dreams

Job 33:14 For God [ does reveal His will; He ] speaks not only once, but more than once, even though men do not regard it [ including you, Job ].

Job 33:15 [ One may hear God's voice ] in a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men while slumbering upon the bed,

Job 33:16 Then He opens the ears of men and seals their instruction [ terrifying them with warnings ],

Job 33:17 That He may withdraw man from his purpose and cut off pride from him [ disgusting him with his own disappointing self-sufficiency ].

Job 33:18 He holds him back from the pit [ of destruction ], and his life from perishing by the sword [ of God's destructive judgments ].

Dreams are often used to provide …

1) Direction (Take Mary, Joseph, take the young child…go to Egypt Matt 1:20)

2) Warning (Don’t touch Sarah Gen 20:3 … you’re a dead man, don’t touch sarah…)

3) Promises ( Joseph dreamed a dream… stars bowed before him- Gen 37)

4) Prophecy (God has shown Pharoah what He is about to do …Gen41:25)

5) Prophetic Insight (Num 12:6) And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.

6) Divine interaction and fellowship ( 1 Kings 3:5 God appeared to Solomon)