by Rehema Jonathan | 15 July 2020 08:46 pm07
Dreams are one of the many ways God can communicate with us, but not all dreams are spiritual in nature. When someone dreams about playing football, it can mean different things depending on the context and the spiritual sensitivity of the person. Biblically, dreams often come from one of two main sources:
Ecclesiastes 5:3 (NKJV) says,
“For a dream comes through much activity, and a fool’s voice is known by his many words.”
This means that some dreams are simply the product of our daily thoughts, emotions, and routines. If you’ve recently been watching, playing, or even thinking a lot about football, it’s very natural for your mind to replay those activities while you sleep.
In fact, this is the most common cause of football-related dreams, especially among men who either currently play or once played the sport.
In such cases, there’s no spiritual meaning behind the dream it’s just your mind processing your daily life. There’s no need for concern.
However, when a dream about playing football stands out when it’s intense, symbolic, or lingers in your spirit it may carry a deeper, spiritual message from God.
Let’s say, in the dream, you were playing in a serious competition. Maybe your team was being defeated, or you were winning overwhelmingly. Maybe you felt pressure, fatigue, or stood out as an exceptional player or a failing one. If you wake up feeling impacted by the dream, it may be God using a familiar image (football) to deliver a divine message.
The Bible often compares the Christian life to a race or a contest, requiring discipline, focus, and perseverance. Life is a battlefield and a competition for our soul.
1 Corinthians 9:24-27 (NKJV):
“Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it.
And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown.
Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air.
But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.”
Theological insight: Paul here draws a parallel between athletic discipline and spiritual discipline. In the same way a footballer trains to win a trophy, believers are called to live with purpose, integrity, and persistence to receive the eternal reward the crown of life (James 1:12).
Sometimes, especially when we are not paying attention during our waking hours, God uses dreams to capture our attention.
Job 33:14–16 (NKJV):
“For God may speak in one way, or in another,
Yet man does not perceive it.
In a dream, in a vision of the night,
When deep sleep falls upon men,
While slumbering on their beds,
Then He opens the ears of men,
And seals their instruction.”
Theological insight: Dreams can be divine tools for instruction, correction, or calling. If you keep having the same type of dream or it strongly affects you, God may be reminding you of your spiritual responsibility or calling.
Ask yourself:
Am I living with purpose?
Am I in the race God set for me?
Am I spiritually disciplined, or have I become careless?
Is God calling me to salvation, repentance, or deeper commitment?
If you’re not yet in Christ, such a dream could be God’s call to enter the race to begin your journey of faith.
2 Timothy 4:7-8 (NKJV):
“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day…”
If you’ve come across this message, it’s not by chance. God may be trying to reach your heart. Whether the dream is simply from your daily activities or from God Himself, take a moment to reflect spiritually.
God has a purpose for your life. He loves you, and He desires that you join His race not for a perishable trophy, but for eternal life.
Hebrews 12:1-2 (NKJV):
“…Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith…”
Today is a good day to respond to God. Don’t ignore the call. Start running the race He designed just for you.
Be blessed.
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