There are many reports about Muslims, without the agency of the Church, coming to know Jesus, often in dreams and visions.  Here’s a story from Iran.

            “‘Reza’ was born in a Muslim family.  One night while flipping through the television stations, he came across a program on Christianity.

            Immediately, he developed a strange attraction to the show and while watching the program, something new and unidentifiable took place within his heart.  Quietly Reza went up to his roof where he paced back and forth uncontrollably before looking up to the heavens to say, ‘Khouda-ya (God, in Persian), if what is being said on this program is true, let me see the agha (master—Jesus) in a dream.’

            That night Reza dreamt that his living room was full of people, one of whom was a well-built older man sitting with his back turned to him.

            His first thought was, ‘Oh, who are these people in my house?  I was supposed to dream of the agha.’

            He tiptoed to the well-built man and whispered in his ear, ‘Sir, I was supposed to see the agha in my dream, so who are these people?’

            The man turned around, looked at Reza and said, ‘You are correct.  Look!’

            Then Reza saw a handsome man in a beautiful white robe who said, ‘I am He whom you wanted to see.’

            Reza awoke with a start in a cold sweat and began to ponder this truly amazing experience that had begun to permeate his innermost being.

            Not long after this occurred, Reza was called to the hospital by a relative.  The young daughter of one of his relatives had been given less than 24 hours to live due to acute renal failure.  The girl’s doctor admitted there was nothing that medical science could do for her; Reza was asked to make funeral arrangements.

            With a broken heart, Reza went home where he got down on his knees and asked Christ to heal this little girl.

            The next day, while Reza was on his way to arrange for the funeral, he placed a call to the girl’s family.  The hospital had requested that the family immediately meet them there.  Reza rushed to the hospital where he witnessed the laughter and joy of the girl’s family due to her total recovery.  All the doctors confessed that a miracle took place.  Reza knew that it was Jesus who had healed this young girl, and so began his journey with Christ.”

            An excerpt from the article, Through Dreams and Visions, written by Caroline Crews, in the Foursquare Advance magazine