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22 “The angel of God said to me in the dream, “

 Genesis 31:11

 In the Scripture we have evidence of God in the person of Christ appearing to people and giving messages to them. These instances are pre-incarnation appearances of the Lord Jesus and are very precious to us. God did not leave His people without hope but ministered to them in a way they would understand and be able to know that God was with them. It is different for us in our day for we have the presence of Christ always with us in the Holy Word and in the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in our life.

 These appearances of Christ in dreams are not necessary in our day for we have the whole council of God before us. There are some who are enthralled by the stories of dreams, but have little time for the Holy Word. This ought not to be so. All kinds of subterfuge are used to distract us from reading and meditating on the Word of God and take our attention on to things that are really fleshly. The enemy of our soul is always ready and able to decry the Scripture and keep us away from valuing it. He will downgrade it constantly and keep us dependent on emotion and unsubstantiated dreams and visions.

 God communicated with His people in days past through dreams for they did not have the written word. Today the Word of God has been so downplayed that we again seek dreams and visions. This ought not to be so, for the truth is before us and should be precious to us. Let us meditate day and night on the revealed Word of God and not on fantasies.