The Power of Agreement | The War Over Your Identity and Destiny

The power of agreement is evidenced in our lives every day. In our thoughts, in the way we speak, we see the impact of deep, buried agreements. These soul-level agreements can be life-giving and aligned with Heaven, or bondage-making and aligned with our adversary.

There is a spiritual war raging over who you will agree with: God or the world. Let’s look at the Hebrew word for “agreement,” how it connects to covenant, and how you can experience greater freedom by coming into covenant-agreement with God.

The Power of Agreement in Hebrew Culture

In the Bible, agreement and covenant are often used interchangeably; signified by the Hebrew word Berit, meaning “binding agreement, covenant.” In Hebrew culture, agreements are not casual, but sacred.

God’s Heart Revealed Through Covenant  

In ancient Israel, often when two parties made a binding agreement, it involved cutting an animal in half and walking through its pieces. This ritual, called “cutting a covenant,” underscored the severe cost of breaking it. Both parties would walk through the pieces, cementing a life-or-death oath.

The Abrahamic covenant in Genesis 15:7-21 was made within this same framework. But instead of both Abraham and God walking through the pieces, Abraham fell into a deep sleep, and God walked through alone. 

This signified that when Abraham or his descendants failed God, He would never fail them. It was to say, “Even when you’re spiritually sleeping, I will not forsake you. Even when you turn from Me, I will not abandon you. I will carry to completion what I started–for My Name’s sake.”  

God made an agreement, a promise, and chose to bear the ultimate burden for upholding His covenant with Israel, an eternal commitment reaffirmed throughout scripture (Genesis 17, Psalm 105:8-11; Jeremiah 31:35-36, Romans 11). 

Though there would be consequences, judgments, and exiles for Israel’s sin and rebellion, God’s covenant would always remain–restoration would always follow–because the covenant was not dependent on Israel but on God’s Word. 

The significance of this is largely lost on modern culture, where covenant is treated as a contract to be broken, words are spoken carelessly, and commitment is not valued. But when we adopt a Hebraic understanding, we’re invited to a new level of security in our walk with God: just as He is faithful to Israel, He is faithful to us. He has made an agreement to never leave or forsake His people (Hebrews 13:5), and when we take hold of this, agreeing with Him in return, we’re transformed and equipped for our purpose.

Satan’s Attack on the Covenant | The War for Your Agreement 

Ever since the Garden of Eden, Satan has waged a war of doubt and deception, especially surrounding what we believe about God and His Word. “Did God really say?” (Genesis 3:1) is a question repeated across generations, cultures, and nations. If Satan can get you to disagree with God, by default, you agree with him. 

In end-times prophecy, Daniel described the antichrist figure as one who would “rage against the holy covenant”(Daniel 11:28-31). We see this spirit at work today in strategic attacks to delegitimize God’s covenant with Israel and cause a disconnect between Believers and their Jewish heritage. 

Satan is waging a targeted campaign to deceive many into agreement with him about Israel, the Jewish people, and God’s plan. This is an attack on truth, identity, and destiny, which are always his targets with false agreements. 

How Agreements Impact Who We Are and Where We’re Going

We’re making agreements all the time. Based on the information we receive or the experiences we have. These agreements are keeping us on the path of life or pushing us toward destruction. They’re impacting who we believe God is and who we believe we are.

We must have discernment to process information and experiences with godly wisdom, rather than worldly wisdom (1 Corinthians 3:18-19). Yet often, on a personal level, our deepest agreements happen when we’re most vulnerable and least discerning: as children. 

The tragedy is not only what happened, but the statement we believe it declares over our lives. We can carry these agreements for years, and if left unaddressed and unresolved, they’re passed down to the next generation. 

Identifying the Lie | Inviting God Into Your Memories

Most of us believe lies and don’t even know it. The nature of being deceived is that we don’t know we’re deceived. Agreement can form subtly–we get trapped in patterns, insecurities, and self-fulfilling prophecies that all seem to validate an agreement that has hijacked our well-being and Kingdom impact.

We can often hear symptoms of wrong agreements in our words. Agreements are in our heart, and out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. It’s worth pausing and considering: How are your words revealing what or whom you are agreeing with? Are you speaking life–after the covenant–or death? 

Some examples of lies that have become agreements are:

• “I’m a mistake, I never can do anything right.”
• “I’m alone, and I always will be.”
• “I messed everything up again. I never bring any good.”
• “The Bible confuses me. I can’t understand it.”
• “If I rest, I’ll be less valuable, or miss an opportunity.”
• “I’m a disappointment. God would never forgive me.”
• “God doesn’t speak to me. I can’t hear His voice.”

The lies are often identity-based, about yourself and God. Invite the Holy Spirit into your memories, patterns, and habits.

• Ask Him to help you find the agreement and why you thought it was true.
• Ask Him for a revelation of how He sees you–who you truly are in Him. 

You don’t have to process your memories alone, and He is gentle in how He leads. There is freedom to be found as we invite God into our emotional lives and allow Him to bring healing and restoration.

How Agreements Are Spiritual Warfare | Nehemiah 

As we heal and come into our true identity, we have clarity and step further into our Kingdom destiny and assignment. This is where the opposition in warfare will increase, once again targeting and testing your agreement with God. 

Nehemiah’s story illustrates this. When he approached the ruins of Jerusalem to rebuild the walls, he was met by enemies of God–characterized by Sanballat and Tobiah–who were greatly disturbed that someone had come to seek the well-being of the children of Israel (Nehemiah 2:10). 

These men and those who rallied with them mocked, threatened, and wrote letters of intimidation to Nehemiah and the Jewish people, to discourage the work of building the walls and stop what God had assigned. The goal was to get Nehemiah to agree that the work was futile and agree with fear that his life and the lives of those he loved would be lost. 

Yet each time Nehemiah demonstrated incredible resilience and faith, resisting the words of the enemy and pressing forward in the work he was given. He spoke to the people amid the threats and mockery of their enemies,

• “Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, great and awesome, and fight for your brethren, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses.” –Nehemiah 4:14

Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord. Nehemiah encouraged the people to agree with God and the promises He had made. To remember Who He is and who they are. Remember the assignment they’d been given—to press on, and not agree with the false reports and intimidation. 

Through God’s provision and Nehemiah’s leadership, after much struggle, toil, and determination, the walls of Jerusalem were rebuilt–and even Israel’s enemies had to confess this work could only have been accomplished by divine help.

• “And it happened, when all our enemies heard of it, and all the nations around us saw these things, that they were very disheartened in their own eyes; for they perceived that this work was done by our God.” –Nehemiah 6:16

When we choose to agree with God, not only is the Kingdom assignment completed, but Satan’s attempts to delegitimize God’s Word and character are canceled. Through the victory amid opposition, God is glorified as His faithfulness and character are revealed to those who watch and wonder.

Breaking False Agreements | Prayer of Deliverance

In Isaiah 28:18, the leaders of the time were rebuked and judged for making a “covenant with death.” Any covenant not made with God is ultimately made with death. Wrong covenants in our lives, through agreements, can be deep and binding. We need repentance and the blood of Jesus to expose and annul these false agreements about God, ourselves, others, our identity, and destiny. 

Here’s a prayer to guide you as you seek the Holy Spirit to help you identify false agreements: 

Dear Jesus, Yeshua,

I come to you for deliverance from any stronghold through false covenants and agreements in my life. Please reveal to me where I have come into agreement with the enemy and the world about You, myself, others, or my purpose. If there is an event that caused the agreement, please go into the memory with me and help me to see how You were there, and what You were speaking over me. I come into full agreement with You, Jesus, and break agreement with [Name it, as He reveals it] in Your Holy Name. I repent for the years I believed these lies, and I thank you for your forgiveness and restoration.

In Your Holy Name,

Amen

Who Are You Agreeing With? | God or the World

Amos 3:3 poses a thought-provoking question, “Can two walk together unless they are agreed?”  This is God’s question to us today. If we do not agree with Him, we cannot walk with Him. If we do not agree with Him, we agree with His enemy. 

He is calling out to His people to be discerning about the information we take in, how we process our experiences, and whose voices we listen to. Do they align with the Bible, or with the world? 

The fruit of covenant agreement with God is restored identity, destiny, and a thriving relationship with the Father. The grace to be strengthened and sustained in warfare. Joy that cannot be explained. Peace that makes no sense. Agreeing with God leads to life. In this war over your agreement, may you choose life and choose Him–always!