A Vivid Dream

In June 2020, I woke up feeling amazed from a vivid dream reassuring me of my salvation. I found myself in a dark jungle and an impossible situation —bound on an altar for something serious I had done. Menacing figures chanted in victory at a distance. I desperately prayed for God’s deliverance as Satan was about to light the fire.

Escape was impossible. I felt so hopeless.

Suddenly, I felt the ropes that held me fall away.

I lay motionless, fearing I would be seen and caught again.

From the shadows, Jesus whispered to me, “Don’t be afraid, just come down onto this side of the altar.” After carefully climbing down, He gave me a Bible, saying, “This will be a light to your path so you can see where to go in the darkness and escape to safety.” Then He quickly put Himself on the altar in my place, the crowds not noticing I had escaped. As I started walking along in the dark, I was given a pair of special glasses and instructed, “You must use these. They are the Holy Spirit and will make the Bible instructions clear and unfuzzy.” As I followed the path with the Bible lighting my way, I came to a fork in the road. A sign pointed to the left, but the Bible instructed me to go right.

When I did, the path lit up.

As I went along, I could see that the left path led people closer to a cliff edge, where people fell into the lake of eternal destruction.

People who chose that way came to several more forks in the road with opportunities to turn right, but many ignored the Bible instructions and fell to their destruction. Others tried following their Bible instructions but didn’t use their special glasses and, after more wrong turns, also fell over the cliff.

As I kept going with my Bible and special glasses, dark shadowy figures kept menacing me on the sides of the path, making me feel afraid and stressed.

At times, I doubted I would ever get out of that dark place, but I was reminded of the song “I Just Keep Trusting My Lord,” which calmed me.

At that point, I woke up feeling relieved and reassured of my salvation! I pray you, dear reader, choose today to accept Jesus’ great salvation, and remember that His Word is a light to your path (Psalm 119:105).

Merian Richardson