How to Interpret Dreams and Visions Perry Stone

THE PLAN OF GOD The Bible says, “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope” (Jer. 29:11). We are also told that our thoughts are not God’s thoughts and our ways are not His ways (Isa. 55:8). God desires to make His thoughts toward you known, and He does this primarily through His Word (v. 11). However, there are practical plans for us that must be known to us. In Genesis 22:1 the Lord initiated a plan that would test Abraham’s faith and obedience. God instructed, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love…and offer him there as a burnt offering” (v. 2). This was the plan—to offer Isaac. When the Lord brings a spiritual revelation to you, it is for the purpose of a plan. He may not always give you the reason why He is asking you to attend a certain church, take a missions trip, work with children, give a special offering, and so forth, but obedience always involves His plan. When Abraham led Isaac three days away from home to the land of Moriah (v. 4), notice who was missing from the story— Sarah was not present. The reason is obvious. Isaac was actually in his thirties at the time and was so attached to his mother that he had not met his future wife or gone on his first date! If Abraham would have informed Sarah, saying, “The Lord spoke to me to take Isaac and offer him up as a sacrifice,” a war would have broken out, and Sarah, no doubt, would have prevented Abraham from following through with the act. This