Have you ever considered the importance, in warfare, of having a good spy network, intelligence, CIA? With a better spy network there might never have been a Pearl Harbor or Vietnam. All truth is parallel. If we want victory to avoid spiritual Pearl Harbors, we must learn to receive information from God's master spy network, the Holy Spirit.

"...whatsoever he (the Holy Spirit of God) shall hear; that shall he speak; and he will shew you things to come" (John 16:13).

God wants us forewarned of the enemy's plots, so we can delight in His loving, watchful care. "Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird." (Proverbs 1:17), when God tips you off as to what your enemies are planning. He did it for David as he prayed (I Samuel 23:12). He did it for King Jehoram through the prophet. He did it for Paul through his nephew (Acts 23:16). He did it for Morris in Madras, India, through a strong witness in his spirit. God revealed to him the strategy the Hindu priests planned to use to destroy the crusade.

But the Word tells us God's spy network can also function "In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men...Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction" (Job 33:15, 16). Jesus never met Satan by chance and never met him unprepared. The sweetest dreams we can have are those in which God unveils to us the truth we need to defeat our spiritual enemies.

Father, thank you that Your Spirit has come to dwell in me. As I sleep, I offer You my dreams as a channel of revelation for You to prepare me to withstand all of the enemy's wiles. Thank you that, whether in a dream, a vision, or impression in my spirit, the advance knowledge I need is on its way, and it will take me to victory, confident that You have not prepared any defeats for me. In Jesus' Name, Amen.