The Power of Agreement

We forget who we are sometimes. It's easy to do. We get caught up in our schedule, our commute, all the demands placed on us. The emergency trip to the craft store for the school project assigned a week ago that our child just told us about now, due tomorrow of course. Kid stuff. Family stuff. Work stuff. Accident blocking the interstate, tripling our commute. Kidney stone. Flu. Worse, kid with flu.

All of these are legitimate things that we have to deal with. There's a country song that goes, “Some days you're the windshield, some days you're the bug.” Great song. But we are made in the image of the Living God. We are never the bug, no matter what happens.

We have governmental authority over the atmosphere around us. Not over the circumstances – God appoints the times and seasons – God chooses where (that is, in what circumstances) he appoints us. But in those circumstances, he appoints us as his government. (See my post http://www.davewernli.com/2014/07/we-have-governmental-authority.html for the scripture about our governmental authority.)

Anyone who's ever worked for the US Federal Government knows that when governmental bodies are in full agreement, it is a powerful (and rare) thing. When the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches agree on something, it's the Law of the Land, and there's nothing anyone can do about it. When government agencies agree to cooperate, they can put in place tremendously effective programs to catch bad guys.

In the Kingdom of God, it takes far less people, and our agreement is even more powerful. Listen to this: “If any two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.” (Matthew 18:19-20 NIV) Jesus himself said that.

In our own lives and the atmosphere that surrounds our lives, it only takes one. Ourselves. Agreeing with God, or not. Every moment of every day, we are either agreeing with what God says about the situation, or we are agreeing with what the enemy says about the situation.

Let's agree to agree with God and what God says. It's harder but more effective. In the end, we'll be glad we did. That's faith, you see. And Jesus always responds to faith.