The Power of Agreement

One of the biggest hindrances to the witness of the church is the spirit of disagreement. When Christians can't learn to get along, there is a problem. Church fights, power struggles in the congregation, churches putting preachers out; all of this is against the will of God. The world sees the disarray within the Body of Christ and wonders where Jesus is in all of this. A lot of the friction and in-fighting that takes place in many of our churches grows out of our lack of understanding of the Power of Agreement. Many of us have heard the phrase "agree to disagree". This is not enough for the witness of the church. We must learn "how to walk in agreement". Even though we may not all see "eye to eye" on everything, we still must come to the point where we're operating in a spirit of agreement. Once we learn this, we will begin to tap into the Power of Agreement.

The bible says "how can two walk together except they be agreed" (Amos 3). The first area that we need to establish agreement in is with God. There are still too many professing believers in Christ that are not in agreement with God. Why do I say that? Because they don't believe His Word. Whenever you are not in agreement with the Word of God, you are not in agreement with God. Just because you don't "obey" everything in the Word of God, doesn't mean you're out of agreement with the Word of God. That's why we confess our sins to The Father, because we agree that what He says is right is right, and what He says is wrong is wrong. Submission to the Word is not synonymous with agreement with the Word. We must be in agreement with the will of God according to His Word.

The next thing that we need to understand about the Power of Agreement is that humility is required in order to walk in agreement. I heard a preacher say once that every argument is fueled by pride. Regardless of the topic or subject. We only argue to the point of being cantankerous and mean when the defense of our position is more significant than the person we're speaking to. Yes, it's ok to be passionate, but you can be passionate without argumentation. Agreement comes when you're "looking" for common ground. When you're "trying" to operate in unity and one accord, the spirit of arguing and disagreement will not be prevalent. A lot of times you just have to yield (Ephesians 5) and give up some ground in order to be able to operate on the same page (this is really a big issue in a lot of marriages). We must foster humility in order to tap into the Power of Agreement.

Lastly, the Power of Agreement is not a principle that is restricted to the believer in Christ. This is a universal principle that works whether you're saved or unsaved. Remember in the book of Genesis at the Tower of Babel. The reason why God had to come down and disrupt their operation is because He stated, "behold the people is one..now nothing will be restrained from them.." (Genesis 11). This is the Power of Agreement. That's why Satan likes to keep up so much hell in our churches and in our families, because he knows, if we ever get on one accord, nothing will be impossible for us. We must be prayerful saints and ask the Lord to give us the wisdom to operate in The Power of Agreement.