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The dreams that I dream-5- Double Blessing
We had been desperately
searching for a house on rent as we had to vacate the one we were staying in
because the term was over. For almost 2 months we looked here and there,
asking, enquiring and inspecting. But our search did not yield fruit. Initially
our prayers were routine, but as time passed and the deadline drew near our
prayers were fervent. During that time, one night the Lord showed me a dream.
" A very rich man
dressed in white, was distributing sweets to people gathered for a function. To
every one he gave one sweet but when he came to me, he smiled and gave me two
sweets." The dream ended there.
I woke up the next morning
and wondered what the dream was all about. Surely a double blessing was coming
my way. I prayed for the same, not knowing in which area of my life it was to
be.
"A man in white and a
rich man too."
Men who wore white were few
in our town, except ofcourse a certain group of Pentecostals called "The
Pentecostal Mission" or TPM. But I had no contacts with them whatsoever.
I forgot about this dream and
our quest for a rented house continued. It was almost 2 months that we had been
searching. One day after finishing my clinic work, I stopped near a wayside
shop to buy a few things.
As I stopped and got down
from my vehicle, I saw a Pastor known to me,stop his bike near me. After we
exchanged pleasantries, I told him about our search for a house. He spoke of
certain possible locations where we could still seek. As we talked, a car came
to a stop on the opposite side of the road. Out of it emerged 2 persons both
short and stockily built, one older and the other younger, an aura of the rich
around them. The Pastor with me said, "Come, lets us ask that person,
pointing to the older person who had stepped out the car. I said, "That’s
fine with me."
As the 2 came walking towards
us the Pastor with me shook hands with them and asked them when they had came
from abroad. After talking for sometime, he introduced me to the two and told
them that I was searching for a house on rent. Immediately the older man said
"That’s no problem, you can take my house, the top floor is vacant."
Come let me take you home. Pausing a little, he then said, "let me first
show you this new shopping complex that I have built."
A little walk from there, a
four storied building built well came into view. He took me to every floor and
showed me the rooms; on the top floor he paused and said, "This hall I
have specially built in remembrance of my parents." It is a prayer hall
that I got made and it can be availed by any one free of cost to conduct prayer
meetings or worship services. In front of me was a wonderfully constructed hall
with a side room and bath room. I told him that it would be a great blessing to
those who worshipped there. "You can conduct meetings here if you want, he
said." "Me?" I was almost startled.
What did this man know of me
to so suddenly give a prayer hall to conduct meetings free of cost.? All he had
heard from the Pastor a little while ago was that I am a Physician doing God’s
work. I smiled at his offer saying I’ll think about it. A little later we
proceeded in my car leaving the younger man, the other man’s son at the
shopping complex.
As we traveled he asked me
about the work that I was doing for God, about my family, about my clinic.
He had a wonderful house with
a beautiful garden, with lots of flowers and all kinds of plants and trees.
"Come, he said as we
entered his house." He introduced me to his wife and told her that we were
searching for a house on rent. Later he took me to the 1st floor of the house
which was vacant. ‘You can stay here’ he said taking me to each room.
The house seemed ideal for us
after such a long search and the rent he asked for was reasonable. I said I’ll discuss
it with my wife and let him know.
As I took leave of him, he
said "You can use the prayer hall, it’s free." I smiled and returned
home with the great news,. In a few days time after praying over this matter we
had shifted to the new house and started a new church meeting in the prayer
hall that the man had given us. For 4 years we had been praying for a good hall
to worship God. Till then we were worshipping in a dilapidated rental house
several miles away. Now God had given us this wonderful prayer hall, all of a
sudden. I believe while we prayed, God was building a hall for us at another
place.
Jesus said,
"My Father is always at
his work to this very day,and I too am working."(John 5:17)
Before we shifted to the new
house, one night while I sat in prayer (the next night after I had met the man
who gave me his house and the prayer hall) I praised God for his kindness and
his love for giving us this rented house and the prayer hall.
"Thank you Jesus."
I burst into spontaneous praise for some time. "As I praised and them sat
quietly before the Lord mediating, the Holy Spirit suddenly said, "It’s a
double blessing."
It was then that my mind
raced back to the dream that the Lord had showed me about a month ago. "A
rich man giving me 2 sweets while he gave only one to others."
My heart again welled with
praise as I thought about the dream fulfilled. But one part of the dream made
me wonder. The man who gave me 2 sweets wore all white but when I had met him
he was just wearing a casual shirt and pant. As we had talked the previous day
he had told me he too was a Pentecostal, but I had forgotten to ask him to
which group he belonged. (The man whom God had shown in the dream was to be
from TPM as I had recognized in the dream)
To make sure, the next day
morning I called him and after greeting him asked him casually to which
Pentecostal group he belonged.
Oh! We are from
"TPM" (The Pentecostal Mission)Why do you ask? He queried.
Nothing! Just asking! I said,
my heart rejoicing for God’s faithfulness.
The Bible says,
"Know therefore that the
Lord your God is God;he is the faithful God,keeping his covenant of love to a
thousand generations of those who love him and keep his
commands."(Deuteronomy 7:9)