Power of Agreement Dominion Series Part 6
One of the most consistent patterns in Scripture is not how God speaks—but how people respond. Over and over again, God declares His will in completed language, while humans struggle to agree with what He has already spoken....
February 1, 2026
Learning to Say Amen to God
One of the most consistent patterns in Scripture is not how God speaks—but how people respond. Over and over again, God declares His will in completed language, while humans struggle to agree with what He has already spoken.Faith does not begin with effort.Faith begins with agreement.
God Speaks in the Finished Tense
When God speaks, He rarely says, “I will.”He says, “I have.”From the moment Lighthouse stepped into what was once an empty shed—with no ceiling, no lights, no stage, and no resources—it was clear that obedience was not based on visibility. God had already spoken: “I have given you this land.” The reality didn’t match the word—but the word came first .This is the biblical pattern.
Throughout Scripture, God speaks of future victories as if they have already happened. Faith is learning to align our response with God’s tense.
Agreement Releases Dominion
Joshua faced the same pattern with the Gibeonites. God said, “I have given them into your hands.” Not “I will,” but “I have.” The battle had not yet been fought, but the outcome was already settled.Victory followed agreement.
God speaks this way intentionally—because He expects His people to respond the same way.Faith is not about emotional confidence.Faith is about verbal alignment.
When God’s Word Collides With Human Logic
Gideon is called a “mighty man of valor” while hiding in fear. Instead of agreeing, Gideon questions God’s reality, God’s presence, and God’s power.Yet God does not withdraw. He persists.Even when Gideon resists agreement, God reassures him again and again: “Surely I am with you.”Whenever Scripture repeats assurance, it is not because God is uncertain—it is because humans are.
God Does Not Call Qualifications—He Calls Identity
Jeremiah receives one of the strongest identity statements in Scripture:
“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you, before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.” – Jeremiah 1:4–5
Jeremiah’s response is revealing. Instead of agreement, he says, “I am only a child.” God immediately corrects him: do not say that.This exposes a critical truth—disagreement with God often sounds like humility, but functions as limitation.God does not argue with Jeremiah’s feelings. He reasserts Jeremiah’s calling.
Faith Is Not Asking God to Do What He Has Already Done
The New Testament clarifies this tension clearly:
“Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us.” – Galatians 3:13
Redemption is not pending.Healing is not future.Blessing is not conditional.It is finished.Yet many prayers still sound like requests for what God has already completed. Scripture never teaches believers to beg for redemption—it teaches them to receive it.Faith changes how prayer sounds.
Agreement Changes How You Speak
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing.” – Ephesians 1:3
If God has blessed us, then prayer shifts from asking to thanking. Faith does not deny reality—but it refuses to give reality the final word. When God says “I have,” faith says “Amen.”
Dominion Flows From Agreement
The Word of God is not informational—it is operational.“The word of God is living and active.”But it becomes active only when spoken in agreement.Every time believers say “if” or “but,” they cancel alignment with God’s declaration. Scripture repeatedly calls believers to trust—not understand.Agreement is not ignorance.Agreement is submission.
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