Hearing God's Voice in DreamsA–Z symbolsWaves in a dream
Biblical meaning from Hearing God's Voice in Dreams by Apostle Nicholas V. Mbanjwa
Also: Ocean waves, Surging waves, Billows, Breakers
What it means
Troubles, turbulence, tempest and chaos.
The absence of peace; unrest and distress.
He that wavereth is like a wave of the sea, driven with the wind and tossed. Waves also picture instability of mind and of faith, not only external trouble.
✦ When it is positive
- Waves stayed or stilled, representing that God is in control and has set their bound
⚠ When it is a warning
- Chaos and trouble
- Persecution
- Unrest and distress
- Being tossed and unable to settle
How to tell the difference
Note whether the waves are rising, breaking over the dreamer, or being stilled. Waves that stop at a boundary indicate trouble that is permitted but limited. Deep calling unto deep with waves passing over indicates a season of accumulated sorrow rather than a single trial.
Scripture
8“Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke out of the womb, 9when I made clouds its garment, and wrapped it in thick darkness, 10marked out for it my bound, set bars and doors, 11and said, ‘You may come here, but no further. Your proud waves shall be stopped here’?
Job 38:8-11 (WEB)
Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls. All your waves and your billows have swept over me.
Psalm 42:7 (WEB)
Your wrath lies heavily on me. You have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah.
Psalm 88:7 (WEB)
The sea has come up on Babylon. She is covered with the multitude of its waves.
Jeremiah 51:42 (WEB)
But let him ask in faith, without any doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed.
James 1:6 (WEB)