What Happens When We Agree With God

 

What Happens When We Agree With God!

Scripture:  Matthew 6:10

When some of Jesus’ disciples came to him and asked how they should be praying, one thing Jesus taught them was to pray: “Thy Will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.”

Have you thought about the fact that true Bible faith only begins where the Will of God is known?

Our lead Scripture lets us know God wants our lives to replicate what Heaven is like while we are here on the earth!

Let’s also look at God’s desire for his creation in the Old Testament as well:

“So, commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these words of mine.  Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders.  Teach them to your children.  Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up that your days may be multiplied and the days of your children in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give them will be “AS THE DAYS OF HEAVEN UPON THE EARTH!”  DEUTERONOMY 11:18-21

So, we know from the above Scripture that God’s desire is that our lives reflect Heaven, and He wants us to keep this knowledge in the forefront of our thought life and talk about it!  By doing so, we release our faith in agreement with God’s desires for us!

Think about it!  On a daily basis you are agreeing with family, friends, colleagues, the news, etc., and your acceptance of their words may or may not be beneficial.  However, when you AGREE WITH GOD, it is only a matter of time until his WILL is done for you ON EARTH AS IT is IN HEAVEN!  How, can we be confident of this?  He clearly says so in the Old Testament and the New Testament!

Often life’s circumstances and varied experiences we have had through the years can make us feel unworthy or full of doubt that God favors us or that we can expect great turnarounds to happen, but God wants us to see ourselves as he sees us and believe in faith that things can truly change.

I’ve often wondered about the many blessings that came into David’s life and God’s commendation of him even after he did a number of unseemly things and he made quite a few wrong judgements that affected a lot of peoples’ lives.

Let’s look at what God said about David:

“After removing Saul, he made David their king.  GOD TESTIFIED concerning him: “I’ve found David, son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.” Acts 13:22

That’s big!

I’m sure there were many reasons God felt this way about David but perhaps it was because David was quick to repent and acknowledge his failures and shortcomings when he had missed it, and it stood out that David understood and wrote about God’s love and forgiveness towards him which so benefitted him as he made efforts to move forward with his life.

Just as David, wouldn’t we love to have God testify of us: “These are people after my own heart?”

When we take the time to read and study God’s word and receive it as God speaking to us, we open the door for God’s Will to happen as we learn the “things” God has prepared for us that are received “by faith.”

2 Peter 1:3 tells us: “His divine power HAS GIVEN US EVERYTHING we need for life and godliness…”

If you need a change in your life and circumstances, find out what God’s Word says about it and pray his Word.  Stay in faith and keep praising Him knowing the answer is on its way!  The above Scripture says that He has lots of good plans to give you what you need but your part is to believe and receive!

It’s also helpful to realize that one of the definitions of “receive” in the Greek language that the New Testament was written in means: “to take it!”  Take God’s Word on a daily basis and receive the blessings He has in mind for you to have.

Can you believe that God’s Word is a living thing and is activated in your life by prayers and confessions?  Well, let’s look at this powerful Scripture that lets us know this is absolutely true!

Hebrews 4:12 says: “For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”

That is so important to know because when God’s word is received and released with our words, it goes out as a living and active “thing” to make whatever changes are necessary in order to bring situations we are praying about into alignment with Heaven’s wishes for us.

The first area it mentions is soul and spirit.  We know Jesus said to the woman at the well that his words were Spirit and Life.  Because we live in a fallen world that doesn’t fully understand the power of words and their influence on lives, things can often get out of alignment causing chaos, friction, and discouragement.  But, when we understand how important it is for us to agree with God’s Word and realize it has power to change things, our lives can be brought back into alignment so that we can experience the plans God has for us instead of just accepting some things that are going on in our lives as “normal.”

You probably know what it is like to have a wheel out of alignment on your car.  Three wheels can be performing perfectly but one out of alignment can make for a significantly bumpy ride, until it is adjusted!  That’s how our soul which houses our mind, will and emotions can sometimes throw us off course!

When the Word speaks of joints and marrow, it is speaking of physical issues.  The more we understand that Jesus died not only to provide forgiveness for all of mankind’s sins but was beaten and scourged for healing and wholeness to come to our bodies the more faith we can have to claim what belongs to us.  I also recently learned that one of the many descriptions of “healed” in the original Hebrew language, also means “scruples of conscience.”  That means it is important to Jesus that we get healed inside out as well as outside in! It’s part of our redemption to be whole: spirit, soul, and body through our acceptance of Jesus as our Lord and Savior! Are you “taking” what Jesus paid for you to have?  If not, now is the time to begin doing so!

Thirdly, God’s Word is like a mirror.  When our thought life is out of kilter, the mirror of the Word will help us get the intentions of our heart into alignment with God’s truth.  We sure understand how what we see and hear every day in the world around us can thwart and bring confusion into our lives unless we use God’s Word as our measuring stick and mirror! Also, James, Jesus’ brother, said we will be BLESSED in what we do if we look into the Word “like a mirror” and don’t forget the liberty and freedom it provides for us! James 1:23-25

Another very important reason to be intentional in our knowledge of what God has provided for us through Jesus and agree with Him is that Revelation 12:10 says “Satan is the accuser of the brethren.” 

Satan’s strategy is to keep us from receiving God’s grace, blessings, and forgiveness so that we miss out on what Jesus paid for us to have.  We need to be wise to Satan’s tactics and we do this by learning the truth concerning God’s Will for us through His Word!

PUTTING IT INTO PRACTICE:

Make it a practice to agree with what Jesus said to pray:  That our Father’s Will be done in our lives and those we for pray for “AS IT IS IN HEAVEN!”

Take time to visualize or see what that would look like!

Why?  Because Proverbs 29:18 says: “Where there is no vision (no redemptive revelation of God), the people perish, but he who keeps the law {word} is blessed, happy, fortunate and enviable!” AMPC

Understand, according to the above Scripture, God is not the “Big Guy” in the sky just looking for someone to do something wrong so He can blast them, this Scripture says He has things in his Word that when accepted and believed will cause you to be: BLESSED, HAPPY, FORTUNATE AND ENVIABLE!  That is something to get excited about as you study God’s Word with that in mind!

When you speak God’s Word, because it is alive and active, THINGS CHANGE!   Psalms 107:20 confirms this: “He sent out his word and healed them, and delivered them…”

BEGIN TODAY TO AGREE WITH GOD!

Diana