Be and Agree, Pt. 2

19. "This is why relationships are so important. See, if two of you on earth come into the kind of agreement that exists between those in the heavenly realm, you create a supernatural harmony together that makes a symphony…and that kind of harmony is the music of God…the ONE song, or the ‘Uni-Verse’…no discord…no dissonance…no instrument out of tune with the others. And when that symphony is played, the agreement causes whatever…anything and everything…they may ask to come to pass and be done for them by My Father in heaven.

20. Because wherever at least two or three are gathered or drawn together in and into My name…when that kind of harmony takes place…there is a revelation of the Christ, and there the I AM is in the midst of them”.
(Matthew 18:19, 20 - Matthew In The Now)

Again, an important part of understanding the miracle of agreement and how to walk in it is learning and accepting the fact that your individuality or uniqueness will not be compromised in the process...("Now, you are the Body of Christ and MEMBERS IN PARTICULAR")...unity is harmony...harmony with others...and it begins with your own inner harmony...

The instruments in the orchestra all harmonize with one another to make beautiful music, but the violin is still the violin...the oboe is still the oboe...the trumpet is still the trumpet...the tuba is still the tuba...the drum is still the drum...

You need to be connected, but you also need to be you (U B U), and you can't really be you until your own spirit, soul and body are in complete harmony...you have to be in agreement with you first before you can flow in agreement with others...a double-minded person is unstable in all of his or her ways...outer conflict really begins with inner conflict...

We're all familiar with God's proclamation in Genesis, "The people are one (better translated the people IS one), and now nothing they imagine to do will be impossible to them"...but we could go even deeper with that and say that when you are one with you, nothing will be impossible to you on a personal level...

I've written and posted a lot about the importance of loving yourself (see July 12)...a major part of the true Gospel is loving your neighbor AS YOU LOVE YOURSELF...again, outer conflict begins with inner conflict...if more people in the world really loved themselves...I mean their true selves...there would no doubt be a manifestation of a lot more love all around us...if more people could forgive themselves, their forgiveness would come much easier for others...the secret to world peace is a world full of people possessing inner peace...

Paul seemed to resolve his own inner conflict through his revelations and writings...he gradually became less and less defensive over his own apostolic authority, which was constantly being challenged by Jews and Christians alike...he said things like, "By the grace of God I am what I am", and went on to not only accept his infirmities and weaknesses as a part of his reality, he even began to boast about them ("when I am weak, then I am strong")...

These are the words of a man at peace with himself:

Who in the world do you think you are to second-guess God? Do you for one moment suppose any of us knows enough to call God into question? Clay doesn't talk back to the fingers that mold it, saying, "Why did you shape me like this?"
(Romans 9:20 - The Message)

Be and agree...

The great majority of us are required to live a life of constant duplicity. Your health is bound to be affected if, day after day, you say the opposite of what you feel, if you grovel before what you dislike, and rejoice at what brings you nothing but misfortune. - Boris Pasternak

Be and agree...

The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them. - Thomas Merton

Harmonize with yourself...harmonize with others...harmony is a beautiful thing...

To be continued...