The Current That Carried Me

 

THE WATER CURRENT 4-2015

I did not record this dream immediately after it happened, so some of the details have faded. But the feeling of it, and the message it carried, has stayed with me.

I was sitting in the passenger seat of a car when it suddenly began rolling backward. I tried to reach the driver’s side to stop it, but I couldn’t get to the controls. The car rolled straight into a stream. As the water rose around me, I realized I was going to drown. The car was sinking, and I was trapped in my seat, unable to free myself.

Then something astonishing happened. A strong current came rushing through the water. Instead of pulling the car deeper, the current lifted it. It raised the car up from sinking and pushed it all the way back to shore. I was spared from death by a force I could not control, predict, or command.

When I woke up, I knew exactly what the dream was telling me. It was a reminder that God is in control, even when I feel powerless. Even when I cannot reach the wheel. Even when the water rises and I cannot save myself. He is the current that moves in unseen ways, the strength beneath the surface that carries me when I cannot carry myself.

This dream taught me that I am never left to drown. Even in moments when life feels like it is rolling backward, slipping out of my hands, or sinking fast, God’s power is already moving toward me. His current is strong enough to lift what I cannot lift and guide me back to safety. He is always there, whether I recognize His hand in the moment or only see it afterward. He is the current I need in my life, the One who keeps me from going under.