Hearing God's Voice in DreamsA–Z symbols

Roads in dreams

23 symbols · biblical meanings from Hearing God's Voice in Dreams by Apostle Nicholas V. Mbanjwa

City Roads

Driving on city roads has to do with the scope of your calling and destiny in view of the political, social, and technical development of your nation.

✦ Positive: A national or urban calling

Crooked Road

A dishonest, corrupt, illegal journey or experience; a rough journey.

⚠ Warning: Dishonesty; Corruption; Illegal activity; A rough journey

Crossroads

At a decision point or offered an opportunity to change direction; being confused about the next step in your life.

✦ Positive: An opportunity to change direction

⚠ Warning: Confusion about the next step

Dead-End

Coming to the end of something — can be an end of service to a certain ministry, business, or a particular journey in your life.

✦ Positive: A completed season

⚠ Warning: A ministry or assignment reaching its natural end

The author references a personal dead-end dream in the Preface.

Downslope

A spiritual downcast.

⚠ Warning: Spiritual downcast

Gravel Road

A journey that is testing and will emotionally feel hard to understand and make sense of.

⚠ Warning: Testing; Emotionally difficult to understand

Highway

A path of life; revelation of the Divine glory of God upon your life to all the world. A high-speed road — needing to pace up in your calling; a public ministry; a very busy calling.

✦ Positive: Revelation of God's glory upon your life; A public, high-speed ministry calling; Miraculous restoration

Read the full meaning and Scripture →

Local Roads

Your calling and destiny in view of the local area revealed — the context of the dream is important.

✦ Positive: A local, community-level calling

Off-Ramp

The need to discontinue your journey and take the shortest way possible; the need to change the course of your ministry or destiny.

✦ Positive: A God-prompted course change — taking the most efficient route

One Lane

A journey of ease — will not have objects to slow you down.

✦ Positive: Easy, unobstructed progress

Sharp Left Curve

An intense and uncomfortable change in your life and calling concerning your power (what you are able to do), material gains, and honor.

⚠ Warning: Intense, uncomfortable change related to power, material gains, honor

Left = power, material gains, honor.

Sharp Right Curve

An intense and uncomfortable change in your life and calling concerning your spiritual authority, position in Christ, blessings, and inheritance.

⚠ Warning: Intense, uncomfortable change related to authority and inheritance

Right = authority, position, blessings, inheritance.

Smooth Left Curve

An easy and comfortable change in your life and calling concerning your power, material gains, and honor.

✦ Positive: Easy, comfortable change in power, material gains, honor

Smooth Right Curve

An easy and comfortable change in your life and calling concerning your spiritual authority, position in Christ, blessings, and inheritance.

✦ Positive: Easy, comfortable change in authority and inheritance

Stop Sign

A need to stop and assess before joining a certain course or taking a particular direction in your life.

✦ Positive: God's protective warning — stop and assess

Straight Road

You are in harmony or union with God in your journey — a journey that is right, pleasant, or prosperous; also equity, fairness, and justice.

✦ Positive: Harmony with God; A right and prosperous journey; Equity, fairness, justice

Traffic Lights (Green)

It is safe to continue in your journey; or the decision you are about to take is the right one.

✦ Positive: Safe to proceed; The decision is correct

Traffic Lights (Red)

You should stop from proceeding; God denying you a certain course or decision; also signals a warning.

⚠ Warning: Stop — do not proceed; God's denial of a course or decision; Warning

Traffic Lights (Yellow)

You may proceed with caution in your journey.

⚠ Warning: Caution required

Two Lanes

A journey of occasional resistance that will sometimes require you to overtake to progress at a consistent and intended pace.

✦ Positive: Consistent progress possible despite occasional resistance

⚠ Warning: Occasional resistance requiring effort to overtake

U-Turn

God bringing you to a point where you are required to turn in the opposite direction — to turn back.

✦ Positive: A God-ordained course correction

⚠ Warning: Being forced to reverse direction

Upper/High Road

A ministry that will be well known; exaltation.

✦ Positive: A well-known ministry; Exaltation

Upslope

A spiritual uplifting that will be emotionally exhausting and challenging.

✦ Positive: Spiritual uplifting ahead

⚠ Warning: Emotionally exhausting and challenging process