Jacob

January 29

Genesis 28:5, 10-15

What a dream!

Esau hated his brother Jacob for taking his father’s blessing from him. When his mother found out that Esau was planning to kill Jacob, she suggested that he run away to the country where his grandfather had lived and find a wife there. So Jacob left.

As he traveled toward Haran, the sun began to set, and he found a place to camp for the night. While he slept, he dreamed of a stairway reaching from earth up to heaven, with angels going up and down on it.

Then the Lord said to him, “I will give you the land on which you are sleeping. I will be with you and protect you wherever you go.”

Does God still speak to us through dreams?

Do you wish that all your dreams would come true? You may have had a dream that felt so real that you were disappointed to wake up and realize it was only a dream.

For Jacob, his dream did come true. God spoke to him in the dream and told him what would happen in the future.

God can, and does, still speak to people through dreams, although this is not the usual way He speaks to us.

We have a more certain way to hear from God, and that is by reading the Bible. You can return to a verse or passage as many times as you like to understand what God is saying to you. Unlike a dream, God’s Word is clear; you don’t need to figure out its meaning. With the help of others and the Holy Spirit who lives in you, God will show you more of His plan for your life when the time is right.

Verse for today

Your young men will see visions and your old men will dream dreams. Acts 2:17