Flying in a dream

Biblical meaning from Hearing God's Voice in Dreams by Apostle Nicholas V. Mbanjwa

Also: Flying in a dream, Soaring, Having wings, Struggling to fly, Flying away

What it means

Strength and the grace to overcome obstacles or challenges (Isaiah 40:31); it also represents God’s deliverance.

Flying away from something: being empowered to escape or avoid something (Psalm 55:6).

Being given wings to fly: the grace given to you to function in a spiritual dimension higher than your limitations or your enemies (Revelation 12:14).

Something flying away from you: something lost (Hosea 9:11).

Flying up and feeling bigger than, or above, everyone: when the dreamer looks down on others instead of feeling delivered, joyful and at peace, flying represents pride (Obadiah 1:4).

Struggling to fly: an inability to flow in the realm of the spirit (the air); it also means a need to adjust to a new spiritual operation.

Soaring above without needing to use strength: entering a realm of rest.

✦ When it is positive

Strength and grace to overcome obstacles (Isaiah 40:31)
God’s deliverance
Empowered to escape or avoid something (Psalm 55:6)
Grace to operate above your limitations and enemies (Revelation 12:14)
Soaring effortlessly: entering a realm of rest

⚠ When it is a warning

Something flying away from you: something lost (Hosea 9:11)
Flying above and looking down on others: pride (Obadiah 1:4)
Struggling to fly: not yet flowing in the spirit; adjusting to a new spiritual operation

How to tell the difference

Weigh how you felt while flying. Feeling delivered, joyful and at peace points to grace and deliverance; feeling bigger than, or above, everyone and looking down on others points to pride. Then note what was flying (you, or something leaving you), whether you were flying away from something, and whether it took effort or you soared at rest.

Scripture

but those who wait for the LORD will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.
Isaiah 40:31 (WEB)

I said, “Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest.
Psalm 55:6 (WEB)

Two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, so that she might be nourished for a time, times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
Revelation 12:14 (WEB)

As for Ephraim, their glory will fly away like a bird. There will be no birth, no one with child, and no conception.
Hosea 9:11 (WEB)

Though you mount on high as the eagle, and though your nest is set among the stars, I will bring you down from there,” says the LORD.
Obadiah 1:4 (WEB)