I can still clearly recall the first time I dreamt of a tsunami.
It was terrifyingly realistic, and the rushing water was too heavy to bear.
Throughout the years, I have researched many biblical stories featuring water or storms (especially floods) and how they can be represented in our lives spiritually.
Tsunami Dream – Biblical Meanings:
They are about awareness
For me the dream of a tsunami is a spiritual wake-up call to listen and learn from deeper currents in my life.
Let me remind you of what the Bible says to us about being vigilant and spiritually alert, as well as prepared for unexpected events.
These dreams are very vivid, with the huge waves representing the big emotions I face occasionally.
In times like this, I have always been compelled back to a verse in Psalm 61:2 that says:
“From the ends of the earth I call to you, I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock that is higher than I.”
I remember a dark period in my life when it seemed like everything was completely out of control.
I was in the midst of challenging relationships and intense work hours, and it seemed like I could not do enough to keep my head above water.
One night, I dreamt of an enormous tsunami wave coming down to cover me completely.
I awoke, my heart thumping out of my chest and drenched in sweat with the instant realization that this dream was just an echo of how emotionally overwhelmed I had been.
It was like a dream telling me to find balance in all this turbulence.
In Psalm 61:2, I sought out the word of God to give me comfort and found sweet relief.
That picture of being taken up to a higher rock really stuck with me giving reassurance that He is my only refuge.
This scripture became a lifeline for me, my guiding lamp in the darkest night.
As God advised me through a combination of prayer and faith, I had the power to face them without fear.
In moments of emotional upheaval, I remind myself that it is not a lonely place.
I have God, who is always by my side.
I could consider these tsunami dreams a summons for me to take refuge within myself and ask God what my emotions are telling me.
This simple discipline allows me to turn the feeling of overwhelm into a space for my soul to be fed.
I find myself remembering my tsunami dreams, and I look to the Bible for hope. I will grab onto the message of Psalm 61:2 and allow it to carry me back into strength, reminding myself that God is that Rock.
So, regardless of the magnitude at which emotion is hurling me, I remind myself that God has always done nothing but stand there like a rock to guide me out.
By faith and prayer, I find solace in the storm of emotions.
They can be a sign of divine judgment
There are many instances in the Bible where water was an instrument by which God displayed his judgment, such as the episode of Noah and his Ark.
It explicitly links floodwaters to humanity’s depravity (Genesis 7:17-24) and in so doing, provides a sobering premise of how severe divine judgment can be.
Looking back at my tsunami dreams, I remember a time when regret over certain actions that were made by me resurfaced.
At the time, I dreamed of a giant tsunami storming in permanently.
The sense of omg in the dream was so powerful that even upon waking, I had to go and check with others if any forgiveness must be sought.
Revelation also gives us insight into the symbolic nature of water, both as a life-giving resource and in divine judgment.
As a part of my study, I came across Revelation 16:1-21 where I read about what is called the seven bowls of God’s wrath, and in these verses, catastrophic events (including those with water) are released as judgments upon the earth.
A tsunami dream that I feel as a warning to the divine judgment is very serious.
It brings me to a place of introspection, where I assess my life. I found that these dreams were always a wake-up call for me to challenge my behaviors.
They are about spiritual cleansing
As I think back about the faith experience, one of my first real lessons in discernment was to learn that not every tsunami dream is a harbinger of doom.
From my experience, most of these dreams have represented a spiritual purification.
In the Bible, water symbolizes cleansing and forgiveness.
Ezekiel 36:25-26 is one of the verses that caught my eye in relation to this saying:
“I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean … I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you.”
They are about the end times
The Bible tells us about prophetic visions and complex descriptions of end-time calamities, quite a few of them connected directly to the sea and its unpredictable behavior.
A verse that has always resonated with me is Luke 21:25, where Jesus talks about the signs at the end of time:
“There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea.”
When my dreams of tsunamis come, I interpret them in line with eschatology—the study of the end times.
They feel much like the kind of dreams in which I am being called to get my spiritual act together as we await Christ’s return and God’s ultimate plan coming to be.
The Word of God tells us that in the end times (the last days), there will be great tribulation in the world, which is unstoppable like a tsunami.
Through an eschatological lens, I am given a new vitality in my spiritual journey when confronted with tsunami dreams.
By faith, I can face these dreams with tranquility in the thought that all my preparations are for one reason only: to be able to stand pure before The Lord at His glorious coming.
I’m Bulgarea Candin Stefan and I have started Spiritual Whirlwinds to pass my learnings from my spiritual journey. Spiritualwhirlwinds.com provides a space of spiritual awakening with guided meditations, e-books, mantras, and pendulum readings.
