I am Claude and welcome to Acts.net.

This topics "Visions" has 18 chapters that we will be walking through together.

Acts 18:9, Acts 9:10-12, Acts 2:17, Acts 16:9, Acts 9:3-6, Acts 10:3, Acts 10:9-18, Habakkuk 2:2, Joel 2:28,
Jeremiah 29:11, Amos 3:7, Numbers 12:6, 1 Samuel 3:1, Genesis 15:1, Revelation 1:1, Matthew 17:1-9,
2 Corinthians 4:18, Philippians 4:1-23, Matthew 28:16-20, Luke 15:11-32

There are many types of visions—only a few meanings from the bible. Vision can be a phenomenon of seeing something that is not there but will be soon. It can also be someone who is about to come into your life, and you had a premonition, not a vision, even though both are very similar in the bible. The Bible talks about the vision for humans hearing and seeing something that is not there physically, but there is a strong spiritual awakening.

Discernment through the Holy Spirit can guide you through that vision. Was it from God or our own unconscious or conscious mind? It could have been a real dream or just a fistful of different emotions trying to settle a problem.

Let's start by looking into the word "vision" apart from the bible context. For instance, a premonition is the ability to know what is about to happen either to yourself or someone you might not know. Using things from this world to force a premonition is not the right way of invoking a dream or a daydream. When you play with fire, you might get burned. For one thing, God has a reason for not using such evil toys. They might look inviting, and they might help you be more susceptible to that realm. At the same time, you are inviting evil spirits to come into your life.

This is real stuff. No one can make this up. Look around you and see what people are getting into. They think it is amusing to do these things so they can get more money. But the devil will do anything to please you. The devil will even love for you to stay with him. He says he will protect you and make you so much money. In fact, what the devil is doing is to keep your arm away from going to heaven. Everything that the devil has learned from the first sins until today, he knows lots of tricks. God knows all the tricks of the devil. That is why He is ready to help you in many ways. But God is not the one to force you to come to Him. That is your decision, and God wants to see you make that decision. Once you have made it, then you are His, and He will protect you until His return.

Card reading is not what God had in mind for all of us. If God wanted us to know the future, he would have given us a crystal in our heads that we could link into. But He did not. In the old testament, God was talking to whoever He needed to do something special. When God talks, you will hear Him very clear and sometimes even see Him. This can happen during the day or during the night. God does not see time as we do. For Him, time probably means from here to there. It will take one hour. For God, that one hour could have done 10,000 things. For us, it could be a generation before we see the end, but for God, it is still one hour.

All the chapters that I wrote for your convenience show you how God uses these people for His glory. You will also see how we decided to do the work without complaining or saying to God why we can do it this way. God says a few words, and we know what to do next. The next step is to know that we are a slave to only one master and that is God who loves us so much that He would do anything for everyone.

I used to wait for three signs before I reacted to it. Now, if God needs my help, I am there for Him. Unfortunately, I still have to deal with the devil who loves to hijack God's messages. In those circumstances, I have to ask the Holy Spirit to help me discern the truth. Once that is done, I can clearly do what needs to be done. Make a right instead of a left, and later, another person comes to God.

Does that happen often? No, sometimes the devil sends you on a goose chase, and when that happens, then you know the devil does not want God to have them. Many things happen that you have no understanding of in the spiritual realm, and I will explain one of them.

So you thought that God wanted you to go to this place, and when you got there, those people make you feel like dirt. A few miles away, another person was asked to go to that place. While the devil was getting me to the wrong place, the other team, not knowing me, got that party in a safe place, and they came to God. So God knows all tricks, and the devil knows some. We follow God, and He has everything under control.

Yes, God still talks to people who listen. Unfortunately, we are all busy making money. Busy repairing stuff. Busy having all kinds of parties. Too busy thinking of the girl next door that our wife knows nothing about. In all those busy moments, God is watching and recording for future episodes of your life in court, God's court. We are all invited, one at a time. The only lawyer you are allowed to have is Jesus Christ, the last sacrificial lamb who took away all of our sins. The only way to become part of that family is to have faith and come to God through Jesus.

In Acts 2:17, Jesus said, "And in the last days it will be, 'God says, that I will pour out my Spirit on all people, and your sons and your daughter will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams." In Acts 16:9, "A vision appeared to Paul during the night: A Macedonian man was standing there urging him, "Come over to Macedonia and help us!" Wouldn't that be an exciting trip to go to Macedonia and see what is going on so you can help them?

A vision, when it comes from God, is really a beautiful thing to witness. God talks to us; do you feel Him. God whispers in our ears to tell us something cherishable; do you hear His whisper. Do you know that God speaks to so many people every day, and probably only a big handful hear Him? God will never let you go if you come home. God will celebrate when you come home like the parable of the lost son. When Jesus was telling that parable, He was talking about Him and His Father.

Jesus wanted to go home and be with His Father. This is totally normal for a human to want to be home at any age. For Jesus, it was more. He had to finish His mission. Endure the pain and suffering of all humankind. Then go home and watch the world move, and people come to Him by faith, and others die and Jesus feeling the loss of a soul. That must have been so hard for the Triune God to feel.

You can see now what vision can do. Why don't you come home and be with our Father? Are you lost? Are you so caught up with this world that you are not hearing Him calling your name? Our Father will take you in and celebrate just like the son from the parable that Jesus talked about in Luke 15:11-32. It will be so good to see you again, brother or sister. Take that leap of Faith and come.