Vehicles in Dreams
If you are quick to dismiss dreams as a significant and vital way in which God communicates, perhaps one reason is because the first thing you grab upon waking up is your mobile device. What may have been an obvious dream from God may have been quickly dismissed because your attention was first directed toward those on the other end of your phone.
The reality is, if those on the other end of your mobile device get more of your attention than the Holy Spirit, I imagine you’re missing a lot of what God is trying to say to you in an average 24 hour day.
Many don’t believe their dreams are from God and tragically, they’d rather give the devil credit that he’s the author of them and that dreams are about spiritual darkness. By doing so, they stay clear of what the Creator said about the created and the full teachings in scripture on this subject.
When you live a godly, spirit-led life, you don’t have to fear the enemy tripping you up when it comes to seeking spiritual understanding about the meaning of your God-dreams.
“Once we understand that God is the Creator and the devil is the imitator, we don’t have to fear that Christian dream interpretation or the gifts of the Spirit are vehicles to bring us into the occult” 1 Corinthians 12. A. Thompson; A. Beale. The Divinity Code to Understanding Your Dreams and Visions
For those seeking to understand the meaning of their dreams without the guidance of the Holy Spirit, it can lead them into the occult world and create strongholds in their lives. Therefore, I believe it’s imperative to align the overall message with scripture.
When we leave God’s word out of the interpretation, we are in danger of going down a path that is similar to fortune tellers and psychic readers. You may not seek those individuals out, but without the voice of God guiding you, you are in danger of abandoning the truth of God and acting in the same way. It’s this line you don’t want to cross.
God wants us to seek him for the answers to the mysteries that are found in him. By doing so we draw closer to him and we gain the godly wisdom he asks us to seek. “Let the wise listen to these proverbs and become even wiser. Let those with understanding receive guidance by exploring the meaning in these proverbs and parables, the words of the wise and their riddles.” Proverbs 1:5-6
When we walk in relationship with God, when we seek to understand symbols in dreams and visions, God will help us to translate them into a message that makes sense to us. When Jeremiah had a vision, God asked him what he saw (Jeremiah 1:11). He responded, “ almond tree,” and then God said, “That’s right, it means…”
When a vehicle is in your dream, here are some questions you can ask upon waking up that may help personalize the dream and give you ways to pray for clarity.
Were you in the car?
Was anybody else in the car?
Who was driving?
Who was in the front seat, who was in the backseat?
Was this vehicle for personal use, business, or touring?
What was the destination?
The more you pray about your dream, continue to search for relevant scripture to the overall theme of your dream before replacing symbols. Example: fish and boat in a dream will more than likely connect to scriptures about Peter and fishers of men. See additional post under Dream Tips & Tools
Vehicle Dream Dictionary
AIRPLANE: Passenger plane: church ministry, missions. A private or personal airplane could represent a personal ministry. Soaring in the spirit.
Flying high: Going higher in the Lord, higher in your anointing. Find strength. Isaiah 40:31
Flying low: Hesitant to move forward and rise higher in the Lord. Not walking in your full potential with the Lord. Psalm 18:10 Acts 8:39
Jet: Powerful, accelerating in ministry. Travel. Acts 8:39-40
AMBULANCE: Urgent care needed, i.e., spiritually, physically, financially. (Who is the one in need in the dream?) Psalm 121:2
AUTOMOBILE: Whose vehicle is it (i.e., childhood memory)? Personal ministry.
Convertible: open heaven or unwilling to be under the covering of a spiritual leader or the Lord. Pride. Genesis 9:21 Isaiah 30:1 I Corinthians 11:5
Stolen vehicle: Running from God. Jonah 1:3-17
Vintage car: Dying to old self (2 Corinthians 5:17)
See motorcycle.
BOAT: Large boat, large ministry. Small boat, small or personal ministry. Life Support. Genesis 6:16 Luke 8:22-23
Battleship/Navy: Spiritual warfare.
Cargo/Shipping: Excess baggage on your journey.
Cruise/Tourism: Rest.
Fishing Boat: Fishers of men. Matthew 4:19 Mark 1:17
Rowboat/Rowing: Self-propelled.
Sailboat: Moving in the Spirit of God
Shipwreck: Rejecting the faith, division, warning. I Timothy 1:19
BUS: Large ministry, possibly teaching children or youth.
Student passenger: Future ministry. Tour bus passenger: Hebrews 11:9
Bus stop: Waiting to hear from God. Waiting for direction, God’s timing.
BICYCLE: Striving in your own efforts. Self-propelled, work of the flesh. Daniel 5:21
CAMEL: Journey, wealth. Could represent being a good and giving person, but one who doesn’t know Jesus. Mark 10:25 Luke 18:25 Remnant. Isaiah 66:20
CARRIAGE: Slow journey, personal ministry. Acts 8:28-38
CHARIOTS: Spiritual battle. Exodus 14:9 Deuteronomy 20:1 Joshua 11:4 Judges 4:15 Isaiah 2:7
FIRE TRUCK: Rescue or deliverance ministry. Trial. Psalm 34:4 Acts 10:38 Dream with water could be symbolic of God coming to save you whereas a dream without water could be a warning area in your life need to be turned over to the Lord. Isaiah 43:1-5
HELICOPTER: Going higher in the Lord, higher in your anointing. Isaiah 40:31
It could symbolize a rescue or deliverance ministry. Isaiah 31:5
Hovering: Showing no progress in your ministry or the work God has called you to (spiritually, personally, professionally).. I Corinthians 15:58 2 Timothy 1:7
Crashed: Pride, uncontrolled. Jeremiah 49:16 Ezekiel 11:21
HORSE: Spiritual battle/warfare, strength, power, stamina.
Wild horse. Unruly. “Beating a dead horse,” a lost cause. Quit doing the same thing over and over.. 2 Kings 2:11 Psalm 32:9 Proverbs 26:3 Jeremiah 12:5 Zechariah 1:8 Revelation 6:1-8
Black: Famine, evil. Pale: Death. Red: Persecution, bloodshed, warfare. White: God’s army, a war of victory.
MOTOR: Anointing, power.
MOTORCYCLE: Individual ministry. Going your own way. Could also represent going your own way pridefully or selfishly. 2 Peter 2:10
MULES: Stubborn. Remnant Psalm 32:9 Isaiah 66:20
OXEN: Strength, doesn’t give up. Strong, steady, not easily startled. No matter the battle around him/her, keep “plowing” until the harvest. Unity/disunity - an ox can’t plow with a donkey. Psalm 92:10
God's anointed, his prophet (God filled Samuel's horn with olive oil, I Samuel 16:1). "The horn of salvation." Luke 1:69 and Psalm 18:2 "Joseph has the majesty of a young bull; he has the horns of a wild ox." Deuteronomy 22:10; Deuteronomy 33:17
RAFT: Not relying on God. Drifting, no direction, aimless. Ephesians 4:14 James 1:5
TANK: Army. Spiritual warfare. Breakthrough strongholds. Impenetrable. I Samuel 2:10 Joel 2:5
TRACTOR: Plowing, patient, and powerful ministry. Increased work (more than a hand plow can do). Acts 5:14
TRUCK: Personal ministry. Labor, work. I Chronicles 13:7
TAXI: Moving towards your destiny. Ride-sharing. Missions, temporary destinations. The Lord guiding you. Escaping (ike Jonah 1:1-3).
TRAIN: Fast track (acceleration in work, ministry). Continuous, gliding along.
Railroad tracks: Caution, i.e., “stop, look, and listen.”
WALKING: Faith, walking in the spirit. Walking in darkness, in the flesh. Genesis 5:24 2 Corinthians 5:7 Galatians 5:16 Galatians 5:25
WHEELS: Holy Spirit propelled, moving in the spirit, progress. Into battle. Exodus 14:25 Isaiah 5:28 Ezekiel 1:20
Ferris Wheel: Slow, repetitive, unchanging.
