Hi Eirinikos,
I've never had any visions or dreams that I believe had in supernatural meaning.
I spent most of my life seeking God to some extent. I was a dedicated church goer for many years thinking they would show me God. What I realize now is that most of my life I was trying to find God by physical means, somehow by MY physical efforts I would find Him. It was not until God open my spiritual eyes that I knew God at all.
Now with spiritual eyes, any understanding that I may have, has not come through signs and wonders. I thinking wanting to know and understand God by dreams and visions, now wouldn't that be the easy way to receive understanding, for it to just drop in your lap so to speak?
What I have found is it takes a lot of effort, by staying in the Word and by that I mean taking the time and studying and contemplating on it. I have had great revelations and received things that are profound to my understand, but it was through studying and digging for it in the Scriptures. My personal experience has been that the more I'm in the Word the more I receive. And if I stay out of the Word for even a day, I feel myself drifting away from God.
My advice to anybody would be read and study all of the articles on the BT site. That will give you a great deal of basic understanding and you will also learn from Ray many fundamental truths about studying God Word. As you build up your knowledge this way the Scripture will begin to open up to you.
Never before in my life have I understood the Scriptures, I always felt reading them was futile, but now it is wonderful to see the Spirit behind the words.
Here is an email where Ray spoke on this.
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Dear BH:
The more you understand God's Truths, the more you will be able to explain them to others. We don't expect that people will casually read the material on our site and become expert teachers on the subject in short order. It takes many years of study AND MEDITATION to fully comprehend even the basic of the doctrines of Christ. I meditate virtually all of the time. I THINK about the Word of God, day and night. And in my meditation, God gives me flashes of spiritual insight, as He did just minutes ago while I was sitting in my bedroom. A simple truth, yet very profound. One that I have never heard expounded by anyone in my life. Maybe I will share this one at our Nashville Conference.
One thing you can do, is as you read a doctrinal paper, when you come to what is a profound thought and a profound Scripture regarding it, WRITE IT DOWN or at least make a margin notation in your Bible. These will become key Scriptures for you as you grow in grace and knowledge. And when the need arises, you will be able to quote the Scripture, find it in the Bible,and explain the concept to others. Don't try to memorize all the facts and all the Scriptures, not even I can do that with my own writings.
God be with you,
Ray