Together with several people I did not know, I was walking outside a brick-fenced compound. Then I saw a man coming towards me with the intent to harm. Fearing for my life, I started running away. He raised an alarm alerting people to join him in the pursuit. I ran inside the compound, then into a building with a hall filled with people. Even then, my assailant-to-be was not deterred. Still in deep fear, I ran through the hall into a very small room. The moment I entered that room, I knew intuitively that absolutely no harm could touch me. That is when I heard a voice saying, “This place is called John chapter 4.” Then I awoke.

Prior to that dream, a dear friend had visited me at home. As my wife and I hosted our guest, we decided to play a Hillsong worship DVD which had an extremely anointed song. As my custom is when it comes to such power-filled songs, I put it on “repeat” to have it play over and over again. As I basked in the presence of God that began to fill our living room, my friend, like most carnal people would do, suddenly requested that we stop playing the song since it had gotten monotonous. I politely refused. He started nagging. I stood my ground. My wife, as most good hosts would do, begged me to give in to the demands of our visitor.

There was no way I was going to entertain the desires of a friend who was evidently being used by the devil. I mean, here I was in deep worship, touching the heart of my God and feeling His embrace; then a mortal being says, “switch it off, and because I am your visitor, you have to do as I request.” Over my dead body! The song kept playing. Many hours after our friend had left - I hope he had a great time - I was fast asleep. That is when I had the dream I have narrated.

I always remind people that many dreams (not all) come to address a present situation. You see, God is very interested in our lives; for that reason, He will always speak to you about what is going on in your life now. Granted, God will speak to you of things past and those to come; but He will more often hold a “conversation” with you of the things that are of present relevance – just like good friends would.

By that dream, God was showing His pleasure that I did not stop worshipping Him even when pressure mounted. In the dream God revealed to me what happened in the spirit that evening. As the devil, through my friend, in vain attempted to stop me from worshipping, I moved out of the natural realm (outside the fence), into the outer court (compound), into the holy place (hall), and finally into the holy of holies (small room).

I realized that satan’s agenda in trying to stop me from worshipping was so that I could not enter the holy of holies. And it is in that holy of holies that he could not get to me. Why? Read Psalms 91: He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty, under His wings he shall take refuge, he shall be afraid of neither terror, nor arrows, nor pestilence, nor destruction - no evil shall befall such a person.

That small inner room was in the dream called John chapter 4 because it is in that portion of the Bible that Jesus talked about worship: “But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth” (John 4:23,24).

God is calling us to come into His presence, the secret place that is the holy of holies; where only goodness dwells, where evil cannot touch us. This we can do by worshipping Him in spirit and in truth, not for any minute giving in to the covert diversionary tactics of the devil. Hallelujah.

God bless you.