Dr. Johnson. Org
The dreams that I dream-17- A dead rat
Ever experienced deadness in
your family life, married life or your spiritual life? Nothing seems to give
joy anymore. Relationships are strained and at the point of rupture. You know
something is wrong but you don't know what to do about it. A silent confusion.
Just the minimal talk between you and your spouse or between you and other
family members.
I think we all go through
this once in a while but when it stays for long, we must be aware that the
enemy is at work. Jesus said, "The thief comes only to steal and kill and
destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. "
(John 10:10) This fulness of life is what the enemy often tries to steal.
Some years back, this is
exactly what the enemy tried to do in my married life. For a few weeks, my
relationship with my wife seemed to be strained in many ways. There was no
particular cause, but the quietness was very palpable. The talks were minimal
and regarding day to day needs; no real lasting peace, joy and togetherness
that the Lord gives. It was unusual because our prayer and worship life was on
the upward surge and we were having success doing the Lord's work.
During this problematic phase
in our life, when we were quite exasperated because of the deadness in our
family life, one night the Lord showed me a dream which made me realize how
subtly the enemy works. It was just a short dream, but enough for me to realize
the truth. I saw a crow flying from far off towards me while I was standing
near a well and as it neared me, I saw it having a dead rat held in its beak.
Coming near me, it just dropped the dead rat into the well and flew away.
Some of the dreams that I see
amuse me and this was one of them, but later when I thought about it seriously,
I understood what the Lord was telling me here. The dream just indicated the
enemy's tactics of dropping deadness into our family life (crow dropping dead
rat into our well). Rebuking the evil powers which were the cause for this problem
in our life effected a deliverance almost immediately and we were able to enjoy
the fullness of life that Jesus desires to give each one of us, His children.
Some of the problems in our
life may seem trivial and we may not realize that our enemy, the devil is at
work. But the Bible exhorts us to be "watchful" and praying at all
times. And that is what we must be always doing.