Psalm 107:10-15 NKJV
Those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death,
Bound in affliction and irons—
Because they rebelled against the words of God,
And despised the counsel of the Most High,
Therefore He brought down their heart with labor;
They fell down, and there was none to help.
Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He saved them out of their distresses.
He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,
And broke their chains in pieces.
Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,
And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
Recently, I dreamt I was in a back yard that had a fenced in area. There were ant nests outside the fence and inside the fence. There was a large amount of goat feces shaped like balls on the ant nests. The balls were partially covered with the dirt from the ant nest. Someone remarked that the goat manure was a solution to getting rid of the nests because it would kill the ants. I never saw the goats but believed they were there because of the evidence. I did not particularly care for the feces being in the yard but liked the idea of the ant nests being destroyed. I also thought about how the manure would fertilize the soil.
After pondering the meaning of this dream, this is what I got. Within the parameters of our lives, there may be some nests of pests that infest the ground of our hearts. The solution may not always be pleasant. We may have to employ some “dirty” work. We may need to excrete undesirable things from our lives in order to destroy what is hurting us. The feces came from goats which represent rebellion. May God show us areas of rebellion and resistance in our lives and help us have the movement to push them out. As a result of destroying the nuisances, we will also make our lives more fruitful and productive. I believe God is showing me how to flow and not resist. Sometimes the Holy Spirit wants to interrupt our plans and direct us a different way, but we resist because it’s not what we are used to doing. This kind of rebellion is not so obvious because we are not necessarily doing what we think is wrong. It just is not what the Lord is telling us, or the way He is telling us to do it. Psalm 107:10-15 describes what people went through because of rebellion. Then when they repented, they were set free. Let’s repent of rebellion and be set free!