Judging "them"... were they annoyed at the ones who were losing or the one who was winning?
They were judging everyone in the room.
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Judging "them"... were they annoyed at the ones who were losing or the one who was winning?
They were judging everyone in the room.
Hmmm... this leaves too much out there where interpretation is concerned. Unless I know specifically what they were annoyed or sad about, the dream carries no message yet, other than telling me what I already know.
My friend thinks these are two types of believers. Ones who are still in the light, and seasoned fighters (from the light) who can fight the darkness. She said that we need to be careful as believers not to judge people, whether it be the fighters or those in the dark...
I believe I know what you were seeing/learning but I'm hard pressed to put it into words.
Its like...you were seeing that things that are commonplace and dont seem to be harmful really are harmful. We see them as normal because they are in our every day and we are surrounded by them, but you got the glimpse that they darken the windows/eyes so the light cant penetrate.
This is especially important, as you said it was your desire to hear Gods voice. Little foxes spoil the vine. But we have grown up with all the little foxes and they've just always been there so we dont see them as truly evil for the damage they do at crushing the vine.
We can begin to SEE the little foxes and we can struggle with them, but they are deeply rooted in us and we cling to them. They almost just seem like silly and harmless shenanigans to us, if we even see them in ourselves at all, and we more often see them easily in others but not as readily in ourselves. The result is that we think others have some serious problems but that we ourselves dont.
I'm trying to think of an example...like, if someone is rude to us and we have hurt feelings and resentment. We see them as the problem when the problem is inside of ourself. We ourself hold onto that little fox and nurture it and feed it. We cant change it - a leopard cant change his spots. But it's way worse than that - we dont even see it as a problem in ourself so we dont have sorrow over it and ask for help. No problem can be fixed in us if we dont see we have a problem and ask for what we lack.
You were seeing through the teenagers eyes because the dream was addressed to you and you are the teenager. It's a great blessing that God is beginning to show you the things of the world you must reject rather than accept in your habits. It means He is beginning to address the things that hinder you from hearing Him more clearly.
I have a caution for you. You cannot do anything about your spots. You have to see yourself more clearly as He shows you, ask for what you lack, and wait in trust. After you have struggled with sin/the little foxes for awhile, He will strengthen, confirm and establish you. You will be sorrowful over what He shows you in yourself (and others) but accept it, acknowledge it, ask, and wait in as calm of trust as you are able to. To much worry is the opposite of trust that He will see to you.
Interesting interpretation... So I think I hear you saying I have blind spots where I do not see my own sin, easier to see it in others, but that I am beginning to recognize the sin and fight against it?
We all have blind spots and things we dont see as hindering our growth. We continue to have them until God shows us and He shows us as soon as we are ready to bear them. The quickest way is to trust Him and to be vigilant when He shows us ways we are trusting something else other than Him or shows us we are caught in worry rather than trust.
I am not sure if this is the right interpretation, it could be...but regardless, it is a word I definitely can use. I know it is easy to have blindspots and it is easy to see sin in others. To pray about what they are to change those areas is so important.
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