“Can two walk together, except they be agreed?” (Amos 3:3).
I like walking with God. I want to walk with Him. He’s my heavenly Father. Remember, Adam walked and talked with Him in the cool of the day. That’s the fellowship the first Adam had with God, but he lost it through the Fall.
Well, the Bible calls Jesus the last Adam, the One who came to restore to us what the first Adam lost. So under the new covenant, we have the ability to walk and talk with God again.
In fact, He said, “I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people” (2 Cor. 6:16). He not only walks with us—He comes to dwell on the inside of us!
But when we’re in disagreement with someone, it’s hard to walk with that person in comfortable fellowship. It’s the same way in our relationship with God.
Sometimes we unconsciously disagree with God and then wonder why He won’t help us. We ask, “Why isn’t God helping me? Why isn’t He working for me? He knows how bad things are!”
Yes, God knows the situation. He knows what we have need of before we ask (Matt. 6:8). Nothing catches Him by surprise. He doesn’t look down and exclaim in surprise, “Wow! When did that happen?”
It isn’t that God refuses to help us if we disagree with Him. There’s just very little He can do for us when we won’t walk with Him. That’s why Amos 3:3 says, “Can two walk together, except they be agreed?”
One particular meaning of the word confess is “to agree with.” In order to hold fast to the confession of your faith, you have to agree with God in every area of your life. The best way to develop that agreement is to get in His Word and find out what He says. Then make a choice to agree with His Word by believing it in your heart and saying it with your mouth.
God says I’m healed, so I agree: By Jesus’ stripes, I’m healed. God says I’m more than a conqueror, so I agree: By His Word and in Jesus’ name, I conquer every symptom
or circumstance that comes against me!
Excerpt permission granted by Harrison House Publishers
For over 40 years, Pastors Mark and Janet Brazee have traveled throughout the world sharing the Word of God and the Spirit of God. Together they've shared the powerful truths of faith and healing in more than 50 nations.
Today Mark and Janet pastor World Outreach Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where they base their ongoing outreach to the world. The Brazees still travel as the Lord leads, and they are raising up a congregation who share their passion to reach Tulsa and the world.