Acts 2:16-19 this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.

The Bible is full of examples of people having dreams and visions, despite the sometimes strange nature of these events they are to be part of the normal Christian life. God is always communicating with us, dreams and visions are just another avenue through which God speaks. We should not be surprised or skeptical, rather we are to learn how to discern what is from God and develop the sensitivity and spiritual insight to understand what God is conveying. The following is a recent dream I had on the 23rd October.

I found myself on a small jetty just inside the mouth of a river trying to fish, the tide was extremely low with only 30cm or so of water in the river. On the far side was a darker patch of water indicating a deeper hole where the fish were hiding. As hard as I tried I could not cast my line that far so I clambered down the jetty and began to walk through the water to reach the spot. When I reached halfway I began to hear this loud sound behind me, as I turned I could see a wall of rushing water perhaps 4 feet high flooding toward me. I quickly ran back to the jetty and managed to climb up just before the surge of flooding water swept by. As I looked into the water I could see it bubbling as fish of every kind, colour and size were jumping, there were more fish than I had ever seen before in my life, dolphins and seals swam among them and a myriad of birds hovered overhead. I turned to an old fisherman who was sitting on the jetty and asked him, “What was that, does this happen often?” He replied, “No … that’s a Kingdom tide” I corrected him by saying “don’t you mean a king tide” to which he responded “No … this is different, this is a Kingdom tide” As I looked back into the water I could see the dolphins were actually angels gliding through the water herding the fish together in large schools. Catching fish was now easy, there was no effort in trying to cast a line, all I had to do was simply drop a net into the water and an abundance of fish was gathered.

Hab 2:14 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea

When I woke I knew exactly what the dream meant. There is a coming wave of God’s glory that will bring such a richness of life. Angels are working behind the scenes to gather, the Holy Spirit is drawing people so that a great harvest will be reaped as a fresh wave of heaven’s atmosphere sweeps in, a wave of supernatural power releasing miracles, signs and wonders and the tangible weight of God’s glory. Our role is to position ourselves in faith, with expectant hearts and have our nets ready. We are not observers but we too are part of that great wave.