Dream of a booth and a garden
A dear sister in Christ had the following dreams on 2nd August, 2005 and the interpretations given by me are given below:
First dream
I am in a small booth that has windows and a bench seat that resides outside in a desert area; the land is dry. Inside of the booth, a man and a woman sit to my left; they are older than I am. On my right is a young woman a few years younger to me. She is a very beautiful woman. I sense in my spirit she has been rejected by man (Lu 11:49). I encourage the young woman to go outside the booth and to face the people outside. I could not see people, yet I knew a crowd was outside the booth. I gently led her out of the door of this booth. As I gave her a nudge, pushing her gently out; her top caught on my hand and it fell off her shoulder, she was just staring at me as if this did not bother her. I did not want her to be embarrassed, I could hear people hollering at her. I said to her, "Pull your top up it came down". She still stood, staring at me. I reached over and helped her fix her top by pulling it back up on her shoulder. She still stood, staring at me. I said "Go now, go on now," she looked as if she did not want to leave, she stood staring at me. I felt as if I couldn't go back into the booth, or shut the door until I knew she would willingly leave on her own.
Interpretation
The small both is a small area of space i.e a small window a time frame. This small booth resides in the desert - a dry place where many live in sin. Those in the booth (who have been saved and stay protected from the perils of wilderness) must reach out to those in the desert. A child of God who has been saved through the Blood of Jesus Christ is a minister of God. The ministers must go to the desert where many face loneliness and want and live in sin. The man and women next to me are elders in the ministry. The young woman is the younger in the ministry. She is beautiful not only on the outside, but inside as well. This shows that she is not spiritually corrupt.
She seeks to do God's will. (Mark 12:30) She needs the fellowship from the other members in the body of Christ.(1 Jo 1:7) She needs guidance from her elders, and gentle nudges that would push her in the right directions in which she should go. Since the younger get attached to the elder, the elder must encourage the younger to stay focused on God.
Being young in the ministry, she fears embarrassments she will face in ministering to the lost souls. She fears rejection by others. She must face the crowds speaking the words of life. She feels she cannot pray like others. She feels she cannot preach like others. The elders must not close the door on the younger. The elders should protect the younger from the evil designs of wicked men (Jer 5:26). The elders should help the younger pull up the top. They must make sure they are raised up properly in their spiritual lives before they are released into the desert. Many wicked men wait outside the booth to mock, condemn, stone and devour the younger in the ministry (Mt 5:12). The elders must watch over the younger carefully.
Second dream
I am in a beautiful garden area. To my right is a dirt road which leads to the main road at the end of the garden. I have green grass and green trees and bushes all around me. It is very peaceful in my garden. I am tending to my flowers, there are many flowers about to bloom, they are in a bud stage, but I have a few flowers that have opened up. They are big flowers and they are purple and blue. I hear a truck down at the end of my garden driving by. As I look, it is a large delivery truck that the side is opened up and the whole truck has pastel color flowers on it. A man and woman walk up the dirt road. They have white uniforms on. They had some kind of sprayer that was hooked up to their truck and they were spraying my garden, wherever they pointed this sprayer it shot out flowers that would instantly grow and bloom in my garden. The woman asked me if I liked their flowers, I said "Yes they are pretty, but please don't spray them in my garden. I have my own flowers." I am now tending to my garden and the people and the truck are now gone. End of dream
Interpretation
The dirt road is at the end of the garden which leads to the main road. My garden is by the side of this road. If people walk on the dirt road, their legs will be soiled. It leads to the main road. People prefer to go to the main road which is wide, and not to a narrow road. Dirt signifies sin and not holiness. My garden is symbolical of an evangelical ministry that saves those who walk on the dirt road. In my garden, flowers are about to bloom. The flowers blooming in my garden are the young souls that are being edified in the prophetic. There is a road by which many (even thieves) can try to enter my garden. As a watchmen, I must watch over the garden so that no wolves enter in. A prophetic minister has to watch over the churches of God and to warn the elders/pastors against the propagation of false doctrines (Jer 6:17). The young believers need to be edified by the apostles and prophets in the Body of Christ (Ro 14:19). The few big flowers that have opened up are blue and purple in color. Blue represents righteousness and purple represents sacrifice. The people of God being edified in the prophetic will sacrifice their earthly possessions for their God and they will be righteous (Ac 2:45). The elders or the pastors have to ensure that the young believers in their churches become sacrificial and righteous.
The Lord dwells in this garden (Song of Solomon 4:16). The garden is typical of a pastoral ministry. Everything is green and alive here. I (representing a humble servant in the prophetic) must continue to tend to the young plants in the churches so that they can grow into fruit-yielding trees.
The truck represents the ministry of the false teachers with their false doctrines. There are (pretty flowers - in pastel colors) looking beautiful on the outside but are poisonous inside. The man and the woman in the truck have put on white uniforms. They just wear some uniforms just to serve their master. They do not wear white apparels. An uniform is different from a normal dress. They are wolves in sheep's clothing, wearing white uniforms (Luke 11:39, Acts 20:29). How can we find that they are false teachers because they "shot out flowers that would instantly grow and bloom in my garden". Flowers are to be grown in the plants in a natural process and not in an artificial manner.
The false teachers want to produce unconverted souls - souls that will suddenly spring up without repentance and restitution. There are many in our midst who believe that they have been saved after repeating a simple sinner's prayer. They have neither repented of their past sins nor restituted what they had wrongly gained in their past lives (Mark 6:12). They have not reconciled with those who were wounded by their past actions (Mt 5:24).
There are preachers who just lead the people to a sinner's prayer and then leave them at that particular stage without leading them to repentance, water baptism and Holy Spirit baptism meant for ministry. False preachers just want "instant believers" to be blossomed in the churches overnight. I tell them "I have my own flowers. I do not want their flowers in my garden". They leave when I reject their offer. A flower has to blossom in the natural process and we do not require sprayers to bring into existence any flower. These flowers may look beautiful on the outside but without any inside transformation. We cannot see the fruit of the Spirit in their lives (Ephesians 5:9).
by Job Anbalagan