| Agreeing With God |
| by David A. DePra |
| Jesus said, "If two of you shall agree on earth |
| as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done |
| for them of My Father which is in heaven. For where two |
| or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in |
| the midst of them." (Matthew 18:19-20) What did He mean by |
| these promises? |
| This is an important question because nowadays it has |
| been made to mean, by many teachers, that if two believers |
| simply voice an agreement on anything, that God is |
| obligated to give them their request. The suggestion is that |
| "the agreeing" is the criteria. Do that, and God must answer. |
| This is, however, not what Jesus said. He did not make |
| "agreement on anything" the criteria for God's answer. |
| Quite to the contrary. For it is possible for Christians to get |
| together and agree on things totally outside of God's will. It |
| is a fact that thousands could gather together and agree |
| together on something which is completely away from the |
| Truth. |
| Simply put, the only "agreement" God will answer is an |
| agreement HE agrees with. In other words, if two agree |
| on anything according to the will of God, then God will |
| answer. But if our request is not according to His will, that is, |
| if God doesn't agree with us, then it does not matter how |
| many people we have joining into our request. God isn't |
| going to answer us. |
| Power in prayer is never the result of large numbers of |
| people merely agreeing. No. Power in prayer comes |
| by praying according to the will of God with an unconditionally |
| surrendered heart. It comes by agreeing that God's will |
| be done, no matter what. Get a large group of people to do |
| that and you'll see results. |
| God has never given man a license to tell Him what to |
| do. Neither has He given us secret or complicated systems |
| by which only a chosen few might approach His throne. All |
| believers have direct and unhindered one-on-one access |
| to God through Jesus Christ. And when several believers |
| get together and agree to seek the will of God through |
| prayer, then God says, "I will answer." |
| Prayer is a process of discerning and surrendering to the |
| will of God. It is our means of reaching from this realm into |
| the realm of God. And if we continually seek the will of God, |
| agreeing upon it in Christ, then our request will always |
| be one God can agree with and answer. |