Another post on synchronicity, this time with mostly real life examples. Often God aligns our current perception of things with memories or dreams from our past. He does this with precision, which is possible because He's outside of time. When our current position in time revisits the qualities of an older version of events, deja-vu results. I think deja-vu is usually caused when present circumstances trigger a similar thing from our past to be strongly remembered. In short, my opinion is that deja-vu is the result of a sudden remembrance of formerly forgotten moments, in particular forgotten dreams.
If we are saved by God, it is because He pre-ordained it from the beginning. He had a mission for us since before our creation, and He divulged snippets of this calling to us in these present days. Dreams are a major way that God inspires us for our future. Many old testament prophets had powerful visions or dreams at the onset of their prophetic calling.
For me personally, I take deja-vu as quickly good sign. I feel it's from God's heart of love and designed to comfort, and I believe it's a part of being raised up [above time and circumstances] and set "in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus" (Ephesians 2:6). If we are set irrespective of time with Him, then it's likely He has given us distinctive times in this life when He has also set us high and provided an anchor of remembrance. These moments of deja-vu often have been produced by prior forgotten dreams.
When Vanessa and I are doing street ministry, we sometimes meet people who swore that they've seen us before. For some reason, this occurrence was especially pronounced in Springfield, MO this summer. We would be walking around, and multiple groups of people would say, "Didn't we just see you?" or even, "Weren't you just downtown?" In reality, we had never seen these people, nor had we been downtown yet. This happened most on the first day that Vanessa and I went downtown together, before we had arrived down there yet. I believe these people were experiencing something similar to deja-vu, and I believe they probably had dreamed about this situation prior to experiencing its physical manifestations in this present world. Either that, or God planted triggers in their subconscious minds that made them react strongly to seeing the two of us. Either way, we felt taken aback by this. God had aligned us with others and caused a pre-ordained re-awakening to happen in them as means of confirming Himself to us. As we thought about this, we felt blessed!
"Have you not heard? Long ago I did it, from ancient times I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass..." Isaiah 37:26
So God plans things well in advance, from the "what was". Now, in the "what is", He brings things to pass. And He gives us a measure of understanding that allows us to secure certain moments in time, and identify them as having eternal origins. Deja-vu comes in, being brought about by a synchronous merging of present time and dreams, which are often outside of time. I believe that God uses deja-vu as a marker to reveal to us the security we have walking along His path. As we walk in His will, deja-vu is one of many devices He can use to bring pre-ordained events to remembrance.
"Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; and in Your book were all written the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there was not one of them." Psalm 139:16
We obviously don't have all the insight into God's book for us, but as we "see in part", God can through deja-vu show us that His purposes and His story here on the earth has eternal sureness. Through the remembrance, by the Holy Spirit, of previously forgotten dreams, we can know that "The Lord is God" and realize what it means to have been created and narrated by Him.
"I knew you before I formed you in the womb; I set you apart for me..." Jeremiah 1:5
If we are saved by God, it is because He pre-ordained it from the beginning. He had a mission for us since before our creation, and He divulged snippets of this calling to us in these present days. Dreams are a major way that God inspires us for our future. Many old testament prophets had powerful visions or dreams at the onset of their prophetic calling.
For me personally, I take deja-vu as quickly good sign. I feel it's from God's heart of love and designed to comfort, and I believe it's a part of being raised up [above time and circumstances] and set "in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus" (Ephesians 2:6). If we are set irrespective of time with Him, then it's likely He has given us distinctive times in this life when He has also set us high and provided an anchor of remembrance. These moments of deja-vu often have been produced by prior forgotten dreams.
When Vanessa and I are doing street ministry, we sometimes meet people who swore that they've seen us before. For some reason, this occurrence was especially pronounced in Springfield, MO this summer. We would be walking around, and multiple groups of people would say, "Didn't we just see you?" or even, "Weren't you just downtown?" In reality, we had never seen these people, nor had we been downtown yet. This happened most on the first day that Vanessa and I went downtown together, before we had arrived down there yet. I believe these people were experiencing something similar to deja-vu, and I believe they probably had dreamed about this situation prior to experiencing its physical manifestations in this present world. Either that, or God planted triggers in their subconscious minds that made them react strongly to seeing the two of us. Either way, we felt taken aback by this. God had aligned us with others and caused a pre-ordained re-awakening to happen in them as means of confirming Himself to us. As we thought about this, we felt blessed!
"Have you not heard? Long ago I did it, from ancient times I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass..." Isaiah 37:26
So God plans things well in advance, from the "what was". Now, in the "what is", He brings things to pass. And He gives us a measure of understanding that allows us to secure certain moments in time, and identify them as having eternal origins. Deja-vu comes in, being brought about by a synchronous merging of present time and dreams, which are often outside of time. I believe that God uses deja-vu as a marker to reveal to us the security we have walking along His path. As we walk in His will, deja-vu is one of many devices He can use to bring pre-ordained events to remembrance.
"Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; and in Your book were all written the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there was not one of them." Psalm 139:16
We obviously don't have all the insight into God's book for us, but as we "see in part", God can through deja-vu show us that His purposes and His story here on the earth has eternal sureness. Through the remembrance, by the Holy Spirit, of previously forgotten dreams, we can know that "The Lord is God" and realize what it means to have been created and narrated by Him.
"I knew you before I formed you in the womb; I set you apart for me..." Jeremiah 1:5
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