Does God put a dream destiny in your heart? Did He make you for a God-sized dream?

The words, “dream destiny,” or, “God’s dream” are popping up in a significant number of sermons and books by celebrity pastors. It’s as if they’re all preaching from the same strange hymnal.

Once you recognize the symptoms and the widespread infection, you can’t unsee the dream shift happening in modern churches. Check out this short eye-opening gallery of Dream Destiny books – sold in CHRISTIAN bookstores:

Pretty significant, right? But consider this truth: Nowhere in Scripture do we find mention of a dream that God supernaturally gives His children, or any command from Christ that we are to follow the dream He gave us.

Why then this uptick in dream destinies? Who are the change agents moving this strange doctrine forward, and where did they get this idea?

The Truth

But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. (Galatians 1:8 ESV)The short answer is that this is a different Gospel, manufactured by the enemy and leveraged by his agents. That’s right, those who push dream destinies are being used as agents of the enemy of your soul. They've stopped preaching the cross, and instead spread a counterfeit. The Bible tells us their fate, unless they repent:

For if one comes and preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted, you bear this beautifully. (2 Corinthians 11:4 NASB)

The Infection Spreaders

The common factor in the host/carriers is that almost all of them are part of an Apostolic renewal movement, a mixture of NAR/Dominionism with Latter Rain and Seeker/Emergent leaders. As they speak of Dream Destinies for you, they will often add nomenclature emphasizing a manifestation of "Glory", "God's Presence", and "anointings". These "apostles" ignore the sufficiency of Scripture and claim to receive direct revelation from God to "Advance the Kingdom" and "achieve our dream" so that we can change the world.

Whether humans gather en masse at stadiums or church sanctuaries, or they simply tune in and stream, this infection is spreading at an alarming rate. Conferences hosted by the new Apostles are hotbeds of danger. I’ve posted links at the bottom of this article so you can research this disease.The sickness of this infectious false doctrine is propelled by human-to-human contact in the name of UNITY, and has gone airborne. Even worse: It’s gone viral, through a key portal: Revival. Revival on a massive scale with a strong emphasis on an "end times harvest" through a great awakening that we can usher in. But the Bible tells us there will be a great falling away. This is it.

Its victims seldom know that they are infected. Instead they welcome it like poison, and cheer when they are overcome.

Get inoculated

As with any dangerous illness, prevention is better than recovery. But the good news is that both are possible. Be in Scripture. Take your eyes off yourself and your dream, and remember that Jesus called us to die to ourselves, pick up our crosses (instruments of persecution and suffering), and follow Him. Through His breathed-out Word.  

Is there a cure for this dream destiny? Yes. Only when your eyes are opened will you be able to know if you’ve caught it.

If you’ve been infected:

1. Repent
2. Right any wrongs. Confess if you’ve taught this, and make it right.
3. Die to yourself: Pick up your cross, and follow Him.
4. Wear protection: Put on Christ daily and stay in His Word.

RESOURCES:

• Betrayed with a kiss: Azusa Now's One World Religion
• "Debunking the Dream Destiny Thingy Heresy" 
• The Charismatic Delusion and Discernment Dilemma
• C. Peter Wagner: “NAR is not a cult!”
• What is Dominionism (NAR)?
• The NAR – You Will Know Them By Their Nuts