Agree with God, and be at peace;
thereby good will come to you.
Receive instruction from his mouth,
and lay up his words in your heart.
Job 22:21-22 (ESV)
When I read today’s prompt I immediately thought of the phrase “agree with God,” but I didn’t know if there was an actual Bible verse that used those words. So when I went to look it up, I was pleasantly surprised that the verse I found goes right along with the ideas I have been thinking and writing about lately.
When we agree with God, we will be at peace. How good is that promise?! Peace is sought after but seldom found in our busy, pressured lives today. When we agree with God, when we let Him be in control and speak His truth into our lives, that is when we find peace.
Good will come to us when we believe God’s words and take them to heart. When we believe lies and ignore God’s direction, bad things are bound to happen to us. But God promises blessing when we obey and follow Him.
Just like I wrote earlier this week, we need to lay up God’s truth in our hearts. We need to replace lies with the truth, receiving His instruction in the truth. When we do this, we agree with God about our identity, about His character, about the world and about what our role is in His kingdom. When we stop agreeing with the world and start agreeing with God, we are in for abundant blessing. Let’s get in the Word and start believing God!
More resources on this topic:
Lies Women Believe by Nancy Lee DeMoss (Wolgemuth)
Believing God by Beth Moore
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This is so spot-on! Glad to be your neighbor this week. May we all agree with God even when it’s hard.
Thanks so much, Julie!
Good word. Visiting from FMF!
Thanks so much, Rebekah!
For me, agreeing with God often means surrender. Stopping by from #fmf
Indeed! The prompts have been spot on!
Stopping by from #fmf. Trying to write this morning but brain is not working. Have the flu.
Oh, that’s too bad! Hope you feel better soon! Thanks so much for stopping by.
Yes, agreeing with God and seeking to see situations, other people, and even ourselves through his eyes makes a big difference!
Amen! Thanks for visiting, Lesley!
Well said – agreeing with God is the key to not only blessing but real peace!
Wonderful and well-written truth!
#1 at FMF this week.
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Thanks for stopping by, Andrew!