Acts 2 says that in the last days God will pour out His spirit and people will prophesy but the scripture also says that they will experience dreams and visions.

One of the great things about being a child of God is how He sends warnings by dreams and visions to make us aware and to pray for things that are approaching that seem negative.

God often warned people throughout the scriptures of difficult trials or circumstances that were coming.  He warned Mary and Joseph about King Herod and He warned Paul about persecution that was awaiting him in Jerusalem.  And He will warn you and me too.

My son stopped breathing on his own on April 1 and had to be rushed to the hospital in Arnprior where they worked for three hours to try to stabilize his condition.  A team was flown in from the Children’s Hospital to work on him and then they transported him to Ottawa for prenatal Intensive Care.

Two nights before my son was transported this way I was ministering in Rochester, NY.  My friend Stewart and I were chatting as we were preparing to go to sleep in the motel room we were sharing.  As I closed my eyes to fall asleep suddenly I could see the flashing lights of an emergency vehicle in the distance.  I understood that an emergency was coming my way when I saw this.

My sister in Virginia woke up the same night not being able to breathe.  She went out to her living room and began to pray.  She didn’t know who it was for but felt it was someone close to her and so she began to intercede.

My mother saw 911 on a couple of occasions just before the incident, which in parts of Canada is the number that you call during an emergency.  She understood that something was coming and began to pray in intercession and tongues.

When I finally got to the hospital I sat near my son and remembered another vision that I had of him just before he was born.  In this vision I saw him sitting on the floor of our house and he was about 10 months old.  He looked happy.  When I saw this I thought to myself “Why am I seeing this God?  Is there something you are preparing me for?”

Our God is a good God.  He doesn’t leave us without an answer when bad things come.  He will warn us before, and comfort us through the process.

I understood that a bad thing was coming and when I found out it was my son I knew he was going to get through it even though it was going to be a long process.

I believe God will supply the same encouragement and comfort and warning to all of His children.  I believe that this is part of the children’s bread and healing.  The comfort of hearing God’s voice through such crisis is the peace of His spirit in our inner man.

There wasn’t a day that His spirit did not comfort me.  He will also be there to comfort you.  I pray today that He will open your ears to hear the sound of His voice even in the face of crisis.

Just like He did for me. Just like he did for Paul. For you too, perhaps?