Reading the Bible makes it quite clear that God sometimes uses dreams to transmit His will… However, we must be very careful that it indeed comes from God, and that no other spirits, or even Satan himself, is involved-in any way! No messages revealed in dreams can encourage the use of idols, or involve false or evil spirits in any way.
When Pharaoh had his dream (in the Book of Daniel), he was given discernment-any prophet had to not only hear the dream, but know its content in advance before interpreting it. The same with Joseph in Genesis-we aren’t told why, but this Pharaoh knew when his prophets were right-but, no one except Joseph even attempted to tell what the dream meant.
It has become apparent that some dreams are mainly from the dreamer’s mind-for example, your dream may simply come from the fact that you’re already attracted to the girl-and, possibly, she to you. You may see her looking at you, forget about it or put it aside, in the "she couldn’t possibly…"category. Or, you may need to think you need help along the way-face it-you can’t have a better helper than God!
In the Bible, the vast majority of divinely-inspired dreams are given for a particular reason-Joseph, sold into slavery by his own brothers, came to realize that he was sent ahead, to find a safe (for 400 years), prosperous, place, where the Children of Israel could prosper-so that, at the time they were called to their real homeland, they, in spite of having recently lived as slaves, had enough food and money to get to the Promised Land. Daniel was called to warn Pharaoh about Pharaoh’s pride, and upcoming chastisement by mental illness. In the New Testament, the Magi and Saint Joseph were given dreams that saved the lives of Jesus and Mary. Yes, God could have done it another way-but He wanted the Holy Family to live a quiet life, until Jesus was called into his public ministry.
So, how do we tell a dream from God, from a more ordinary one-or worse, one that has its origins in evil?
Most surely, after the fact, but that doesn’t help now! Mainly, these dreams seem to be helpful to those who have been,and/or will be, helpful to God, or to others he Loves. Joseph of the Old Testament found a place in Egypt, was given a high rank, and was able to give the Jews prosperity for 400 years! The Magi didn’t return to Herod-who had invited them-and gave expensive gifts, so His family could flee to Egypt quicker than they normally would have been able to, and were provided for their. The knowledge of the coming slaughter of small children was given ib an other dream to his foster father, Saint Joseph.
So-we see that dreams are given for those who are loved by God, who have been called by him for a specific purpose, and often help others who love Him. Your dream? Love is a special thing to God, and, if you feel yourself being called more strongly to her, and she to you, try dating/courting her. You may be pleasant surprised, but-don’t put all your hopes and dreams on one possibility. God may have something just as special (or more so) planned for you. Just5 know that dreams are a way He communicates with us-one of many ways!
