It’s time to Agreeing with Heaven in this season of Christmas!……Christmas time is filled with much joy, isn’t it? I love the lights, the Christmas trees and lovely ornaments.
Not to mention the festive gatherings with friends and family. I have been pressing in for God’s direction for the next year on 2025. The Lord spoke to my heart about coming into greater agreement with Him and His Word in 2025.
I heard Him say, “In 2025, I want my people to agree with heaven.” I believe God is very serious about each of us understanding how important that we agree with what God says about us, our future and our relationship with Him, especially in this next year.
To be in agreement with God means that we have the same mind as He does. In other words, we are going to be developing the mind of Christ within us like never before! Some of the definitions of the word “agree” are: “To be of one mind; to harmonize in opinion, to live in concord, or without contention, to yield assent.”
There are three words in which the Webster’s Dictionary uses to define the word “agreement;” concord, harmony and conformity.
Beloved Unity Releases Life and Victory!……I believe that the Lord is asking that we yield to His divine direction for the upcoming year and that we purpose to live in “concord” or unity with His Word. What does that actually mean?
Well, if we observe what God says concerning unity, we realize that it brings life. Ps 133 is a perfect example of how unity releases life to God’s people.
If only we completely understood that when we come into full agreement with God’s will and His Word, He actually breathes life into us, as well as our situations.
But there is so much more concerning agreeing with God. Matthew 18:18-19 explains the principle of the power of agreement for spiritual warfare:
Matt 18:18-19 Passion Bible Translation… ““Receive this truth: Whatever you forbid on earth will be considered to be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will be considered to be released in heaven.
Again, I give you an eternal truth: If two of you agree to ask God for something in a symphony of prayer, my heavenly Father will do it for you.”
In this passage, Jesus was saying that we have the power to bind the enemy if we will come into agreement with heaven. The word “agree” in this passage is the Hebrew word sumphoneo which again implies being in unity or being harmonious.
However, it is connected to another word, phone, which is described as “noise, sound, (and) voice). So, we can say that Jesus was instructing us to come into unity with the sound of heaven and the voice of heaven which is God’s voice! Wow! Now this begins to make even more sense when we are binding the powers of darkness, doesn’t it?
I want 2025 to be a breakthrough year. I believe it will be if we agree with God’s voice. Whatever God is instructing and whatever His Word says, we must come into unity with it so that we can experience life and victory.
Our Wineskin Needs to Agree with God’s Plans!…In another study on “agreement,” I came across a passage that leapt from the page. I have taught on the wineskin many times, but I believe there is present revelation in this passage for us now:
Luke 5:36-39 Passion Bible Translation…. “And he gave them this illustration: “No one rips up a new garment to make patches for an old, worn-out one. If you tear up the new to make a patch for the old, it would not match the old garment.
And who pours new wine into an old wineskin? If someone did, the old wineskin would burst and the new wine would be lost. New wine must always be poured into new wineskins. Yet you say, ‘The old ways are better,’ and you refuse to even taste the new wine that I bring.”
But new wine must be put into fresh wine-skins….New wine must always be poured in new wine skin. Yet you say “the old ways are better’ and you refuse to even taste the new wine that I bring!”….
Look closely at the first verse which I provided for you. Read this verse aloud. Did you notice that the new will not agree with the old? Looking at this spiritually, we can conclude that as God is pouring out His new wine (new revelation and fresh understanding of His Word) that any “old” understanding or “old revelation, or even “old mindsets” will not “agree” or “be in unity” with the new.
In other words, there will be no life in our wineskin if we cannot fully embrace the new. Hanging onto something old (old habits, beliefs, etc) will hinder our ability to fully walk in unity with God.
We must come into complete agreement with God so that He can make us a new wineskin- only then can we experience the abundant life.
If you will read the last verse, you will read that many will desire to hang on to the “old” because they believe the “old” is better! There will be a great temptation to remain with what has been familiar.
Embracing the new will require change and, therefore, some will resist moving forward in unity with God. However, I believe that if we will agree with all that God says, He will also empower us to move into the new with great confidence.
It’s time to Overcome Mindsets Concerning Poverty!…I am fully aware that many struggle financially during this season. At Christmas, money “pressure” is more difficult. I want to challenge you to not allow depression to hinder your joy during this glorious season.
Don’t allow your financial disappointments to rob you of opportunities to agree with God concerning your future. Your old wineskin which is soaked in disappointment and potential bitterness will not agree with God’s divine will to cycle you out of some past challenges. Believer, God wants you to walk in total victory and peace!
It is time for your wineskin to agree with God’s Word concerning your future. As you “let go of the old,” allow the disappointments of the past to totally die. You cannot carry old disappointments into your future and walk in victory.
Every disappointment you carry into your new season will sabotage your new beginning. Take a moment and confess to the Lord your past disappointments and then receive His love and power to move ahead. You will be renewed and refreshed as you also agree with His Word concerning your future.
Season to Reconcile by Agreeing with One Another!…I particularly love this passage in 2 Corinthian 13:11-14 Passion Bible Translation….
“Finally, beloved friends, be cheerful! Repair whatever is broken among you, as your hearts are being knit together in perfect unity. Live continually in peace, and God, the source of love and peace, will mingle with you.
Greet and embrace one another with the sacred kiss. All of God’s holy people send their greetings. Now, may the grace and joyous favor of the Lord Jesus Christ, the unambiguous love of God, and the precious communion that we share in the Holy Spirit be yours continually. Amen!”
When we agree with each other, there is such peace. I am not advocating that we mindlessly agree with anything or any wind of doctrine or opinion. No, this passage in all about living in harmony.
When there is harmony, there is a blending. A symphony has many different instruments with its own unique sound so when each is played, they all harmonize and blend and make one sound.
This is to what this passage is referring – one sound. This one sound should fully reflect the sound from heaven. And when we are in agreement with one another, there is a release of even more life!
The Prince of Peace has come to brings us peace…..Jesus is the Prince of Peace. He came to give us peace. This is not a peace that the world can give to us; it is a supernatural peace.
However, we can only fully experience this type of peace when we are in agreement with Him. I believe that in 2025 we will experience much joy and peace as we walk in unity with heaven.
We may still be challenged with some difficulties because we live in a fallen world, but if we can agree with all that God says, we will experience hope, peace and abundant life.
I pray for each of you that you have a wonderful Christmas. May His grace and wisdom be upon us all during Christmas Holidays. Allow His peace to empower you as you praise His Holy name.
Let the High Praises of God be in our mouth as we worship Him with our voices. Let this be your time to show others His joy through you.
May the Lord bless you all, have a bless merry Christmas!