dream about foundations

This morning I awoke with a dream.  I've been in prayer today and have recorded the dream and interpretation below.  God bless!  Helen

I was working in a yard where there were 4 square holes dug about 6 feet deep and wide. I was shoveling or sweeping a little. Then someone would pour cement and fill each one up. There was a drain hole in the bottom of the dirt, which was level, like a floor.


6 is the beginning of the number of man. This has to do with men’s works, for the holes were dug by men in times past and already existed when I became a Christian 41 years ago. These were God-appointed works, and faithful men dug them. However, some added to God’s works.

After I had swept the first hole clean it was filled up with cement and I began to work in the second. It had a level floor, but there was a rectangle part at one end that went a few feet deeper. I noticed a few leaves falling onto the part of the floor I was standing on so began sweeping. All of a sudden there was a “swoosh” and enough leaves fell into the lower part that it filled it up to the very top of the hole (maybe about 8 feet tall!) . I considered how to take them out, and couldn’t come up with a way. Then I got out of the hole cement was poured.

The woman we were working for called us to eat lunch and I knew that when she called, we had to come. While walking there I thought on the second hole and realized that, as the leaves decayed under the cement, the cement would crack because there was no solid ground under it. When seated at the table I told the lady cement had been poured for the 2 holes. I thought ahead to the next 2 holes, knowing there were leaves falling. I determined that no leaves should remain in the holes before pouring cement.
Interpretation;

The Lord is showing me four 20-year spans. I have lived in the 1st 2 and have been called to help pour the foundation.

Four represents government, or ruling. God has begun laying foundations for His people to rule and reign with him.

Six represents Man, or men’s works. We have pre-destined works we are called to do (Eph 2:10). Men had dug the holes for God’s foundations and in my life-time, the cement would be poured.

The 1st foundation was not difficult and occurred in my life after the out-pouring of the Holy Spirit in Santa Rosa. The floor was even and level, signifying the unity of the Spirit back in the late 60s and early 70s. I did a little sweeping, and then the foundation was poured after the work was complete.

The next hole was more difficult because it was uneven, though the different areas were level. This shows a stratification, or hierarchy being part of the church structure. The leaves fell in the end of this season, showing that the Lord is shaking things. The dead leaves are the opposite of the leaves from the Tree of Life in Revelation (Rev 22:2). Instead of bringing healing for the nations, the dead leaves only occupy space and bring no substance upon which to build a foundation. The dead leaves are men’s written books and words that are of themselves but not of the Lord. These would include books and teachings that lead people into dead works, such as endless repentances to bring healing. The foundation that is poured over these works will crack, whereas the foundation Paul laid could have other’s works built upon it (1 Cor 3:10).

Lunch is the noon meal. It is a nourishing time. It is a time of rest and refreshing in the Lord that each laborer needs to heed. In Hebrews we read “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts. . . . There remains then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.” (Heb 4:7,9) From this rest God’s refreshing will bring forth the next two foundations, built by His people. His people will not compete with each other, and their hearts will carry the love of the brethren, which will once again work unity amongst them. However, those who do not heed His call to come aside and rest in Him will not be refreshed. Instead of warmth towards each other, their hearts will grow cold (Mt 24:12).

This interpretation ends here, for there is nothing more shown. The Lord knows the works He will call men into and the futures foundations He will pour. May we all be ready to serve Him. Amen.