Who built YOUR house?

[*Charis*]

During prayer (about a week ago) I saw in a dream an empty city lot.
The lot was grassy and manicured. A woman (not me)was moving around
the lot as she would if she were doing household chores. She had a sense
of urgency about her. As I watched, I was stunned and deeply
saddened. Others joined to help her... also oblivious to her missing
house. The woman wore a baseball cap... and as she moved about
her 'house', I noticed (in the open part in the back of her hat) that
her head had been shaved and hair was beginning to grow again. She
wore the hat to hide her baldness.

I watched... almost overcome with shock... that these people didn't
realize the house was non-existent and their busy work nonproductive.
As I observed, I noticed someone had a baby. I knew the baby was
taken from the woman and she didn't realize it. I approached the person
who held the baby and said (expecting resistance), "I have authority to
take this child from you, and you will cooperate." The person handed
the baby to me and I moved to return the baby to the woman. As I did,
a 'pastoral' figure approached me. He was dressed in an off-white suit,
and wore a pleasant smile as he attempted to hinder my mission. I
told him also that I had authority to take this baby and he would not stop
me. He too gave no further resistance... until I turned my back to finish
my mission. I faced him again, using the authority I was given. The same
thing happened each time I made an attempt to return the baby. At one
point, a plan was given to me to overcome his pleasant, conniving
hinderences.

As I pondered how to effectively use it (while protecting a baby), I awoke.
In my spirit I heard: 'they (these people) hide themselves in plain view'.
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This week Psalm 127:1 has been on my mind:

'Except the LORD build the house, they labor in vain
that build it...'

I feel the dream is addressing both the building of human families,
and God's family. It's so easy to rely on old and tried methods,
forgetting that the lasting value of our efforts comes from the life
of God flowing through us.

The feeling of a life spent in futility... and realizing nothing that
was worked for was actually accomplished was overwhelming in
my dream, and will be for many who are working in their own strength
to accomplish what can be done only by the power of God.

 

[parsley]

He was dressed in an off-white suit, and wore a pleasant smile as he attempted to hinder my mission.

Christianity has become a popular market - commercially and politically. The world is finding more an more opportunists who appear in off-white suits, claiming authority to take over God-given ministries.
(A child is often a ministry or birthed venture.)

They may label themselves as shepherds by their paychecks, or their books written, their music, associations, experience, or their political position. But a shepherd who takes over a believer's ministry is usually doing it for his/her own glory or desire to control.

It is lucrative today to publish Christian books, sell Christian tee shirts, produce CCM, lead megachurches, speak at Christian conferences. How sad, when in contrast the support jobs in these organizations still skim across minimum wage level.

The woman's head was shaved, as though her safe covering, authority, and attractive qualities were removed by someone else -- similar to her house and child being stolen/removed.

You acted as a protective intercessor, going in between to resolve the situation. You had that right, in the way a policeman has the right to handcuff or a judge has the right to divide property.

 

[*Charis*]

It is lucrative today to publish Christian books, sell Christian tee shirts, produce CCM, lead megachurches, speak at Christian conferences.

Thank you for your response, Parsley... I completely agree with your statement. On
a Christian radio station I heard a popular minister spend well over half of his air time
promoting his ministry, as though it were God, and the world just wouldn't be saved
without it. SAD

The woman's head was shaved, as though her safe covering, authority, and attractive qualities were removed by someone else

I appreciate your comment here as well... the woman's shaved head stood out to me.
I'm not clear as to why she wore a baseball hat (as opposed to any other type of hat).

I'm keeping a listening ear, for the Lord's complete understanding on this dream.

 

[paul1149]

What this reminds me of is when a person has had brain surgery, and the head has been shaved. The person typically will then wear either a woolen or a baseball cap to hide the scar, and women often also want to hide the short hair.

In this case, it may well be that the surgery was destructive, and intentionally so. The enemy comes to kill, steal and destroy, and his efforts are often directed against our minds, for if he can win that battle, we then do his work for him.

 

[*Charis*]

What this reminds me of is when a person has had brain surgery, and the head has been shaved. The person typically will then wear either a woolen or a baseball cap to hide the scar, and women often also want to hide the short hair.

In this case, it may well be that the surgery was destructive, and intentionally so. The enemy comes to kill, steal and destroy, and his efforts are often directed against our minds, for if he can win that battle, we then do his work for him.

Thank you for your response, Paul... very interesting observation. Especially true that the
enemy often destroys us through our mind, if he can. Even though the woman would have
been the injured one, she also seemed to be leading those who were there with her.