PHARAOH’S DREAMS

“Yosef said to Pharaoh, ‘The dreams of Pharaoh are the same: God has told Pharaoh what he is about to do.’”
Genesis 41:25

I am sure we have all had those dreams before where we aren’t sure whether we are being given a message or if we are just suffering from the affects of pizza. I know I have. It seems like some dreams are just so crazy that there is no way that they can be anything but bad food. Yet there do seem to be those dreams that just leave a feeling that they are not supposed to be ignored. Perhaps you know what I’m talking about. I have had dreams, even fairly recently, where I knew Adonai was speaking something to me. There was a peace, an urgency, and a knowing all at the same time. Right away in those times, I flip on my light, grab for my journal, and write down whatever I can remember. I may not know all the details, but I know it is urgent.
I feel that is what Pharaoh may have felt in this moment. He woke up from having not one, but two urgent dreams telling him the same meaning. The details were hidden from him, but Adonai was just placing things in motion. You see if Pharaoh or the magicians had been able to tell the meaning, Yosef would not have been needed. But Adonai kept the meaning hidden in order to promote Yosef. And that He did. Yosef, summoned by Pharaoh, made it clear that the interpretation to follow would be from Adonai. He also spoke to Pharaoh that the two dreams that had just been shared were the same. Adonai was telling Pharaoh that seven years of abundance were coming, but would be followed by seven years of famine. This paved the way for Yosef to find the promotion that Adonai had been saving for him. It was all in due time and under the right circumstances.
My advice to you is something I have learned myself. When Adonai speaks, we must listen. He may not always speak the same way, or in an obvious way, but once we see it is Him speaking, we must heed Him. He may chose to speak through dreams, through a burning bush, or through an audible voice, but regardless the means we need to obey the message. Pharaoh had it right, to seek out the interpretation. It would do us well to also seek out what Adonai is telling us, for as with the Egyptians, our life may depend on it too.

Genesis 41:17-38