LET'S HARMONIZE TOGETHER

Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. Matthew 18:18

Christians have a great responsibility in the earth. It doesn't matter how much we want to look away from it, God has established a part for us to play in this life. Because God put in us the ability to prompt Him to intervene in other people's lives, we then have a responsibility to use that authority and dominion to benefit other people.

God gave man the authority to bind and to loose. The bible doesn't say "Whatsoever God shall bind..." It said, "Whatsoever ye (or you) shall bind..." The word 'bind' means to paralyze; to stop in its tracks. You can stop things in their tracks by the words of your mouth because heaven is going to back or support you. On the contrary, if you don't bind it, there is nothing for heaven to back or support. Even though God wants to help you out, if you don't stand in your own dominion and authority, nothing will happen because God is waiting on you. The same is true for whatever you loose on earth. The word loose means to break the grip. Whatever grip you break here on earth will be broken in heaven.

Matthew 18:19 says that two of you can agree on something to get God's power in a situation when you ask in the Name of Jesus. Why would Jesus point out that two is better than one when one already has awesome authority? He does that because it is important for the two to agree. The Amplified Bible says, "... if two of you on earth agree (harmonize together, make a symphony together)..." For example, when an orchestra is warming up, each instrument plays its own sound. The brass, strings, percussion, and wind instruments play all kinds of sounds. Then when the conductor begins and raises his hands, they all begin to play from the same sheet of music. It all comes together with harmony.

God's desire is that we harmonize in the body of Christ. We can harmonize when we walk in love toward one another. Even though we are all different, we must come together and act on the Word of God in our relationships with each other, thereby playing from the same sheet of music. When we can have this type of agreement, there is nothing impossible for us. We are then able to pray for people who are in distress, and see them set free.

Scripture reference: Amos 3:3; 1 John 5:8