Hearing God's Voice in DreamsA–Z symbols

Mirror in a dream

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

What it means

The Word of God.

Dreaming of looking into a mirror means a season of deeply reading the Word; what the person sees wrong in the mirror is what the Holy Spirit reveals should be fixed in that season.

Self-reflection and perception — what you see is how you currently perceive your own spiritual state or assignment.

✦ When it is positive

  • The Word of God reflecting who you truly are

⚠ When it is a warning

  • Looking and immediately forgetting — hearing but not doing the Word
  • A broken mirror — a distorted view into the Word of God, or relying on a wrong perception of one's self

How to tell the difference

'If someone listens to God's word but doesn't do what it says, he is like a person who looks at his face in a mirror, studies his features, goes away, and immediately forgets what he looks like.' (James 1:23-24)

Scripture

23For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror; 24for he sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.

James 1:23-24 (WEB)

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