IS IT WRONG TO FLY IN MY DREAMS?

Dreams. Powerful experience. You are entering the mysterious and fascinating world of dreams, where the rules of reality do not apply. First of all, it's just a dream, so how could it be right or wrong. What is the world turning into?! You bring morality into dreams too? Jeez, totally absurd. Soon enough people would start judging you for having premarital sex in your dream and tell you how sinful you are. That is totally sick. Nonetheless, I know a few people are out there whose logical receptors do malfunction at certain topics such as this one, so this post is for them, and for you who are curious enough to have found yourself here to read. I realize that dreams are unique; no other individual can have your personal background, your emotions, or your experiences.  Thus, your own dreams can only be connected to your own "reality". With this in mind, it is important to draw from your personal life and experiences when interpreting a dream. You will gain a better understanding and discovery of your true self. This can be both a good thing and a bad thing. I am not going to delve into any particular specific, as I am not going to give an anatomy of dreams. There is no such thing as an anatomy of dreams, it is too subjective to be turned into a science. It is more of a psychology and spirituality.


Take a look at Ecclesiastes 5:3

New International Version (©1984)
As a dream comes when there are many cares, ...

New Living Translation (©2007)
Too much activity gives you restless dreams; ...

English Standard Version (©2001)
For a dream comes with much business,...

Dreams are generally the effect of the business in which we have been engaged during the day; this does not mean that dreams cannot come from other sources. Dreams can come from God in the form of night visions, or from the devil. What is important in a dream is your ability to conquer. If you are not victorious in any dream you have, then that is when we have  problem. There is no dream in which your defeat means victory. If your dream is from God, victory is God's plan for you, it is the essence of the gospel. You also have to weigh your dreams in the light of Scripture, does it glorify the works of salvation in your life or does it make the works of Christ of no effect?

Let's talk about a very contentious type of dream, flying. In African parlance, it is viewed wrongly because of the notion that witches are the ones who fly, hence flying may indicate that something is wrong with you. Perhaps for an unbeliever maybe, but for a practicing Christian it isn't a bad thing. In your dream did you fly by choice or by a freak stroke of luck, were you in control or were you afraid? Were you chasing after something trying to elude you and you had to fly to catch-up with it? Where you in danger and you had to escape from it by flying? It is important to determine the circumstances behind it. We have several instances of prophets in the Bible who were in a flying experience in dreams and visions.

Flying dreams fall under a category of dreams known as lucid dreams. Lucid dreams occur when you become aware that you are dreaming and you are able to control the dream settings to a large extent. Many Christians describe the ability to fly in their dreams as an exhilarating, joyful, and liberating experience. If you are flying with ease and are enjoying the scene and landscape below, then it suggests that you are on top of a situation. You have risen above something. It may also mean that you have gained a new and different perspective on things. Flying dreams and the ability to control your flight is representative of your own personal sense of power. For example, I have had gruesome creatures and even human-like creatures come after me in dreams, and I had to just take off. Sometimes, they upgrade and fly up to catch-up with me, and I had to fly even higher beyond their ability, far above all principalities and powers.

Having difficulties staying in flight indicates a lack of power in controlling your own circumstances. You may be struggling to stay aloft or stay on set course. Things like power lines, trees, or mountains may be obstacles that you encounter in flight. These obstacles symbolize something or someone who is standing in your way in your waking life. You need to identify what or who is trying to prevent you from moving forward. This does not mean you go and challenge them in real life for getting in your way, absolutely no. Difficulty flying may also be an indication of a lack of confidence or some hesitation on your part. You need to believe in yourself and not be afraid. Take hold of the gospel, take hold of Christ, take hold of the anointed one and his anointing.

If you are feeling fear when you are flying or that you are flying too high, then it suggests that you are afraid of challenges and of success. Perhaps you are not ready to take the next step. In reality, we cannot really fly, of course. Thus, such dreams can be representative of things that are beyond your physical limitations. In your mind, you can be anybody and do anything. Philippians 4:13 (I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me). Another way of interpreting flying dreams is that these dreams symbolize your strong mind and will. You feel undefeatable and that nobody can tell you what you cannot do and accomplish.

Personally, I recommend that every Christian should come to a point where they can re-dream any dream in which they were not victorious. I do this a lot. I have a peculiar sleeping habit. I am aware that my mind consists of both conscious and sub-conscious. I am aware that the conscious mind is powerful but limited as well. I am aware that the sub-conscious is usually untapped, and that many of the forgotten things reside there and subtly form the underpinning of our belief system and even power system in times of adversity or spiritual attack. 

So, I make it a point of duty to feed my sub-conscious by sleeping at night with:

1. A message of the gospel playing all night, I vary the volume depending on my mood as at the time I am about to sleep. I have select play-set of faith, priesthood, glossa lalia (speaking in tongues), healing, deliverance, amongst others.

2. I play a gospel worship song ( I am not talking about trash gospel songs without meaning). I am talking about soul-reviving, spirit lifting and revelational gospel worship songs extolling the virtues of the Holy Spirit, of God, of the blood of ransom, of grace and mercy and power, of the defeat of Satan and the coghorts of hell).

This is how you feed your spirit who doesn't sleep, this is how I mastered my dreams. This is how I know spiritual realities, feeding on the word. This is what The Lord and Master, Jesus Christ would have you do.

Luke 10:42, There is only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it, and it will not be taken away from her." THE WORD.