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The words came through clearly; I woke up with them and carried them through breakfast before running an Internet search for them.
I found them in Isaiah 43:2. (I always start with KJV.) When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
I read the surrounding verses: beautiful. And then, as I often do, I pulled up a parallel translation. This time, I chose MSG. (I don't, always; I'm just as apt to choose NIV or ERV.) I read the first four verses in the chapter and noticed: MSG leaves out, entirely, the words from my dream. There's no mention of walking through fire.
Then I noticed something else from Isaiah 43:3 in MSG, and it was these words: I am God, your personal God. Strange: I knew I'd just read those exact words, days before. It took me a few minutes, but I located them on Deidra Riggs' blog post from Sunday.
And, so far as I can recollect, I had not looked up Isaiah 43 (in any translation) upon reading Deidra's blog post, which I would've had to have done in order to get the words MSG omits, the words from my dream: You will walk through fire and not get burnt. Unless the Lord had whispered them directly to me, in my sleep.
You are wise to write it down. It will serve not only as an anchor, but as a faith builder, when you see it happen. How Loving He is to prepare your heart. Praying.
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