God often wraps solutions in dreams. He shows us the way forward through challenges we face. We just need to be receptive, unwrap the gift of guidance, and release the agreement onto earth.

Several years ago, a dear friend needed to sell her Australian home. She was living overseas when finances became tight. Where she lived gave her children opportunities to fulfill long held dreams, so rather than return home, her goal was to finance life where they lived.

The property market was hot in Melbourne, and with an auction date set for late spring, things looked like they would work out well. However, by auction time, the market had cooled, and properties stopped selling. Things became tense.

Auction day arrived and she could not have planned a more perfect day. The sun was out, barely a cloud in the sky, a gentle breeze blew, and the birds sang in a full springtime chorus. It was a glorious day.

Feeling like Pollyanna, with an immense sense of joy, I texted her, saying I was praying for a glorious and blessed outcome.

‘I will pray and have been praying for 11am favour, favour, favour. It’s a lovely morning here, so it’s a good day for an auction. xxx.’

A text came back.

‘Thank you! And thanks for remembering. Have not slept well, kept dreaming the house passed in.* Bit nervous.’

I read her words, and my heart sank a little for her. I asked,

‘Was the dream dark or bright and in color?’

‘Bright in color. Why? ‘ she asked.

My heart sank a little more for her.

‘If it’s a God dream, it is usually bright and in colour. What else about the dream do you remember? ‘

Her response came back.

‘Everything. The bidder’s faces, their cars, the inside of the house (which I haven’t seen since we fixed it for tenants). The sky, the trees, the yard. My parents being there, the agent, etc.’

‘What happened? Just tell it like you saw it.’

All the while, my mind was whirring, knowing that God gives us dreams, many types of dreams. God can give us destiny dreams, dreams of purpose, dreams of intercession, and warning dreams.

My heart sank a little more, worrying that maybe God was preparing her heart for the house to not sell. After all the challenges she had been through, I didn’t know what to say, or to pray, so instead, I waited for the fullness of the dream to be texted to me.

She wrote back to me.

‘I was in the house, walking around each room checking out the curtains I had bought for the tenancy. I was in the home office whilst the auction was going on. Only one bidder bid, but it was under reserve, so the house didn’t sell. I was at the front door watching them leave with the agent. My parents and I talking. Me upset. It was a beautiful spring morning, sunshine, no wind, with the smell of ocean air. My dad’s ute** parked in the driveway.’

By this time it was 9.38am. I felt a panic. I knew I had to pray for an interpretation. We needed an interpretation. I had to step out, so I did! There was no time. I knew God is a good God! I also knew the dream was from God! There was something good being communicated in the dream, but I was not sure what. Where was the good in a passed in house that they needed to sell at auction?

I tried to call her, but she didn’t pick up, so I texted frantically with what I thought the dream might mean.

Some details were obvious. I briefly outlined those, and as I texted and prayed for a correct interpretation. As I texted, the interpretation suddenly sank into my spirit.

Excited, I hoped she would understand what I meant in the text. It would be so much easier to explain verbally, but I gave it my best shot.

‘The dream could be about you and where you are at. It’s a bright clear dream in colour. God is showing you He is there, and He knows.’

I continued to text as it came, praying frantically.

By the time I got what I thought was the crux of the dream, it was 10.41am, with the auction starting at 11am. I felt the meaning click in my spirit.

‘ This dream might be letting you know He has it all in hand and to trust. Standing at the front door is the place of looking out to the future. You were not in your backyard but at the front door! Your father’s ute is in the driveway [non Aussie readers, a ute is like a truck with an open tray at the back]. Utes move things. Your Father God, His ute (vehicle for moving things) is parked in the driveway. It’s ready to go. God’s vehicle is ready to move things! XXXX.’

She responded, amazed by how much there was in the dream. There was more, but for privacy I cannot share. The dream really was remarkable. It was full of purpose, promise, invitation. It was an amazing, encouraging and beautiful dream once you really looked!

By this time it was 10.49am.

I continued to pray.

I texted more.

‘In a nutshell you have been working hard (office) to move this house when all the time your Father’s ute (God’s vehicle) is parked ready to move things for you as you stand on the cusp of your future (front door). Hand the auction outcome and the sale over to Him and watch Him move on your behalf!!!

Love you xxx

Sitting at home praying xxx.’

It was 10.53am.

A text comes back at 11.17am.

‘Keep praying!!!!!’

I kept praying and texted I was at 11.19am, when, suddenly, at 11.20am I felt a click in my spirit and I just knew it was done.

I texted her.

‘It’s done. Just watch it work out xxx.’

I waited and thanked God. Restless, I wandered around my house, waiting to hear. I thanked God again and waited.

I paced the house some more, waiting and thanking God.

Finally, at 11.59am, the text comes back:

‘Thank you for everything!!!!!!!

House sold for $y

$x more than thought (kiss) I am soooooooo relieved.’

I felt such delight for her and thanked God again. With a huge smile on my face, I nearly start crying. I continued to pace as I thanked Him all over again.

Itching to know whether she gave the auction to God, but sensing she did, I texted her.

‘Did you give it to God before the auction? I am so pleased. xxxx.’

The text came back.

‘Funny you should ask that. I did!!!!

When you told me to “hand the auction over, watch him move” I made a conscious decision at that very moment to do what you said. Then I got a tingling feeling and just a split second of this incredible serene feeling & then it was gone again.’

I grinned some more and got even more teary. God was showing off, loving on her, showing her He cared and He was real.

‘He moved it for you! His ute was ready and waiting. Utes move things!

That feeling – that’s God’s peace that surpasses all knowledge and understanding

God is Good! xxx

Don’t forget to thank Him xx.’

And you know, she didn’t forget to thank Him!

She thanked Him all day!

She told me later she had the most glorious day.

Caught in a torrential downpour, she resigned herself to the fact that she would get drenched when a friend turned up and gave her an umbrella. she texts me this and says.

‘Time to give more over to him, I think.’

She then goes to a class and forgets her shoes. But someone has a spare pair to lend to her. She texts after this at 2.30pm:

‘I haven’t had this much good fortune in a very long time. I am very grateful he is giving me some happiness today. It’s been long overdue!’

The rest of my friend’s day continued to go well. So well, in fact, she tells me she felt guilty!

She wants more of that peace.

She wants some more of being able to ‘let go and let God.’

Yet, like us all, she is on a journey – towards Him.

All I know, and I have told her so, is that He is absolutely on her case. He is inviting her into a deep relationship with Him. He wants to carry her load for her in His ute.

I know this for sure, not just because of the beautiful and glorious dream, or because of the feeling of peace she wants more of, nor because her day went well. But simply and purely, I know this to be the case because…

God is Good!

*passed in means it did not sell for the minimum price set.

** a ‘ute’ is an Australian name for a work pickup truck with an open tray on the back.

I have deleted some details of the dream for privacy.

© Beth Kennedy 2023

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