Contemplative Bible Reading

Matthew 27:19 (New Living Translation)

While Pilate was sitting on the judge’s seat, his wife sent him this message: “Don’t have anything to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered a great deal today in a dream because of him.”

I tend to notice Bible passages that notice dreams. Perhaps I put to much emphasis on these dreams because I seem to have dreams and dream patterns that don’t match what those who study sleep say average people have. I can fall asleep, dream a dream, and wake – all in less than two minutes. But I digress.

Here we have Pilate’s wife interrupting him during the judgement of Jesus. “I had a dream,” she proclaims.

Did God give her that dream that brought much suffering? Does God give us our dreams today? All of them? Some of them? Just one every now and then?

God created us. He created our minds. He created the need for sleep and He created sleep. He created dreams.

I believe that God talks to us through our dreams. I can’t prove that and I could be absolutely wrong. Still, we have cases in the Bible where God spoke to people through their dreams.