Sleeping on a Reed Mat in a dream

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

Also: Reed mat, Icansi, Sleeping on icansi, Grass mat

What it means

Being delayed through comfort with traditional beliefs; being held down by family tradition; progress slowed by old beliefs.

Traditional beliefs the dreamer needs to be rid of; a need to be freed from a family's strongholds.

Ye are dull of hearing. The problem is not hostility to the truth but ease with what is familiar.

✦ When it is positive

A call to WAKE UP — to be spiritually alert and to actively confront the family beliefs and foundations that are keeping the dreamer comfortable and spiritually inactive
Followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises

⚠ When it is a warning

Being unproductive and delayed
Spiritual dullness
Tolerating what should be confronted
Accepting what ought to be challenged

How to tell the difference

The emphasis is on SLEEPING rather than on the mat. The dream is usually a summons to alertness rather than a condemnation of culture. Note who else is in the room and whether the dreamer wakes.

Scripture

for this people’s heart has grown callous, their ears are dull of hearing, and they have closed their eyes; or else perhaps they might perceive with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and would turn again, and I would heal them.’
Matthew 13:15 (WEB)

About him we have many words to say, and hard to interpret, seeing you have become dull of hearing.
Hebrews 5:11 (WEB)

that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherited the promises.
Hebrews 6:12 (WEB)