Jeremy L. Berg

So, I rarely have dreams — or ones that I remember anyway.  But this morning I woke up in a cold sweat from a nightmare where I was being chased by a vicious wolf who eventually caught me and began eating my arms off.  Is there some deeper significance here?  Why would I dream of a wolf?

I remembered that I have been studying, teaching and blogging on Luke 10:1-3 for the past month where Jesus said to his disciples, “Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves” (Luke 10:3).  Hmmmm….  Am I being prepared to be sent out like a defenseless lamb among wolves?  I hope so, that’s where the Kingdom action is found.

Just for fun Keri went to a dream analysis website and looked up the significance of “Wolf” and “Amputation.”  Here’s what she discovered:

Wolf

To dream of a wolf is a representation of pride, self-confidence, mystery, solitude and beauty. It indicates that you are able to control yourself in many situation and are able to conform with grace and ease. The wolf indicates your solitary nature. It may also symbolize aggression and hostility and reflect a situation or force in your waking life that you are powerless against.

Amputation

To dream that your limbs are amputated represents a loss of an ability or skill that can never be regained. You harbour emotions of disappointment, weakness, and vulnerability. It may also be indicative of a certain matter or circumstance that you should have paid more attention to; it may have escalated to a dangerous point. In particular, to dream that your arms are amputated, suggests that you don’t possess the desire or drive to accomplish a task.

Very interesting… And so perhaps the next place to go this morning as I give thanks that I still have both arms is the promise of John 10:

“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The hired hand is not the shepherd who owns the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me — just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep” (John 10:11–15).