Premonition, Precognition, And Prophecy

Precognition is a form of extrasensory perception in which the target is some future event that cannot be deduced from normally known data in the present. It is the ability to see the future. Some people also use it interchangeably with the word premonition. The difference is that the word can refer to both the ability and the vision of the future.

Premonition is a feeling or impression that something is about to happen, especially something ominous or dire, yet about which no normal information is available. It is a vision or knowledge of the future. I had a premonition of what is going to happen.

A premonition can be a warning of events that are to come without having any solid proof to support the feelings or the visions. They can be dreams or they can be a feeling that something is amiss somewhere. The Bible revealed that followers of God were given visions and dreams and the same is true for today's Christians. We are given warnings about possible problems or challenges that could be on the way.

Mary was given a sign by an angel that she was going to have a child as a virgin. Like Mary experienced, premonitions can happen in visions and in visitations. They also can occur commonly during dreams, but also during a full waking awareness. Premonitions can happen on the road when you are driving. Or when you feel that you need to intercede on the behalf of someone. Sometimes a person will have a feeling that something is going to happen to them. Abraham Lincoln was believed to experience premonitions. Before his assassination, he had a dream of his own death. A week later he was murdered. As believers, we need to pray when we have a dream, a hunch or when we feel uneasy regarding a premonition. The reason for this is because we can't see everything in the spiritual world and this gives us and others a covering.

Prophecy can be thought of as the same as the other two, but the source of the information is attributed to God. It is being given knowledge of the future from our Creator God.

Not every dream or visitation is from God. It might have been from a late peperoni pizza or from stress at work.

The first thing we want to do when we have a premonition is to forget or brush it off as nothing. It’s important to constantly seek God and to cast your care about the premonition or what you are dealing with. This will not only help you remain confident but also help you grow in your relationship with Him. Take many small prayers breaks to refocus on where God is guiding you. It will take dedication on your part, but it is worth it to find where and how God is directing you. With all the things that we feed our spirit with, it is important to get God's take on what is truly going on.

It is hard when you have a gut feeling that something is wrong as it sends us into a panic. God gives us this gift to protect us from danger. However, allowing it to dominate your life will stress you out. Start praying and start to give God authority over your emotions. Pray against anything that is negative or ungodly. Sometimes experiencing a premonition can scare you. But lean into the God presence to combat the feeling of the anxiety that you feel.