Walking in Agreement

Can two people walk together without agreeing on the direction? ... Indeed, the Sovereign LORD never does anything until He reveals His plans to His servants the prophets. Amos 3:3, 7 NLT 

Mountain of the Beatitudes
Site of Sermon on the Mount above the Sea of Galilee

To be agreeable, like Jesus, a person needs to be able to find Biblical solutions and encourage or support others without compromising the truth, God’s values. Jesus never compromised His values. In His Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7) He told people that they not only needed to follow the Ten Commandments, but that to have an attitude contrary to the commandments, like anger or covetousness, was the same as to commit the evil action, like murder or adultery. Love was the key to Jesus’ instructions. Not only to love God with all your heart, soul and strength and to love your neighbor as yourself (Mark 12:31), but to love your enemy (Matthew 5:44). Love is the basis of Jesus’ actions and attitudes. Can ours be any less?  

Training Tip – Make a game of walking to a particular goal with one person blindfolded and that person tells the other where to go—whether to turn right or left. Then switch roles and let the other person be blindfolded and give the directions. Once again walk to a goal, this time with no one blindfolded and see how the two people must agree on the route to take to get there. Talk about these verses with your family and that God has a plan. People need to follow that plan to get to His goal. 

Lord God, help my children, grandchildren and me to agree with each other as we walk along any pathway that leads in Your direction. Help us to have a loving attitude towards each other, to others and to You.

All scripture quoted from the New American Standard Bible (NASB) unless otherwise noted.

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