My Silent Agreement

 

God is a true gentleman. He is an incredible God of mercy and grace. He is patient and his love is unstoppable.

All of this sounds great, but there is a flip-side we have to be aware of. Because he is a true gentleman, he will never force you to learn a lesson. He will allow situations to occur that would foster a new awareness and hopefully a lesson learned, but he won’t knock you over the head with it. (Unless your head is really hard, like mine, and then sometimes I feeling a little knocking! Ha!)

Let me give you an example.

God is the mighty healer. When Jesus walked the earth, we see example after example of his healing extending to ALL the people who came to him for healing. I have even experienced his miraculous healing in areas of my life.

However, there were other areas of my life where I didn’t really allow his healing power. I didn’t know I wasn’t allowing it, but eventually he helped me to see this truth. I have frequently been someone who takes on more than is healthy for me to take on. I keep saying yes, not considering the fact that I need rest and individual quiet time each day. When I was really busy, I had a few winters where I got the flu. I mean the real flu, the one where you feel like you got hit by a truck and death might be better.

Who likes to be that sick?

Yet, I discovered there was a part of me that would be grateful for the sickness. It gave me an excuse to lay in bed, watch movies, and rest. No one would mind when I’d say I couldn’t come to something because I had the flu. In fact, they frequently reached out to see what they could do for me.

Sickness is not of God, nor from God. God didn’t want me to get rest because I was desperately ill. He wanted me to learn how to balance my life; to learn that I didn’t need to do a dozen things to earn his (or anyone else’s) love. I needed to learn it was ok to say no – to difficult things and to good things.

I also needed to break my silent agreement with sickness. Instead of relying on God for peace and rest, I was relying on sickness. I think this really delighted the enemy. See, in God’s plan, I spend time with him and I am energized to be part of the good works he has planned for me. My agreement with sickness just made me, well, sick.

What are we in silent agreement with?

“What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God.” 2 Cor. 6:16

Silent agreements, as I call them, are sneaky. They aren’t necessarily blatant sins, yet they are just as powerful sometimes in creating space for the enemy. When we agree with lies, we don’t get to experience the life, life to the full, that God promises us.

Maybe some of your agreements look like this:

“I was a difficult child, so I deserve to have a difficult child to raise…”

“I didn’t eat well this week, I deserve to feel bad right now…”

“Sickness is God’s way of making me rest…”

“I have wasted money in the past, so I won’t ever be free from the burden of debt…”

“I abused my body with an eating disorder for years, I won’t ever have a healthy relationship with food…”

“If I don’t provide for myself, I deserve the lack I’m experiencing…”

 

Do any of these sound familiar? Maybe you have a different agreement that God is showing you right now.

Let’s break free! 

There are scriptures of truth to combat every single lie. Ask God to show you the ones for your specific agreement.

Jesus didn’t die so we could have a life where we just survive until we die. No! God says:

“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” John 10:10

“The Spirit brings life. The flesh has nothing to offer. ds I have been teaching you are spirit and life,” John 6:63The wor

“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.” Galatians 5:1

God desires you to have life to the full, to experience freedom, to be blessed that you might bless others, to walk in health and healing… He has so much good planned for each of us. Let’s boldly look at any agreements we’ve made that don’t line up with God’s word. Then, lets allow God’s forgiveness and healing to radically change our lives!

To finish up the example I began with… I started to get sick this year, quite sick. I almost reached out to some friends to cancel plans we’d made that day. But then, instead, I asked God for healing and declared His ability and desire to see me healed. I proclaimed that I wanted to be healthy, that I didn’t want to be sick. Within 30 minutes, I felt completely fine!!!

God is good – ALL THE TIME!!! Let’s enjoy this incredible life he has given us!