God's word says we are to be in one accord, in unity; I truly believe that He did not mean that was at the expense of my belief system.  What if it is as simple as Agreeing to Disagree and moving forward from that point?  It is about the attitude of your heart and if your motive is pure and just then agree to disagree. 

 

Think about this, most of the time when we disagree with someone we "try" to persuade them to our way of thinking, which can be frustrating as well as manipulative.  You may have actually experienced this on the other end of the disagreement as well.  What if instead of trying to make someone agree with us we simply stated, "Let's agree to disagree on this point."  I believe in that moment of agreeing to disagree there is a unity that happens and in that unity we are accepting one another right where we are at on the way to where we are going and in doing so we allow God to do His work.

 

I personally do not want "yes" people in my life, where is the accountability in that?  Where is the challenge if everyone in my life always agrees with everything I say or do?  Is that healthy?  I do not believe so.  Some people are purposely placed into our life to challenge us to a higher level and to add an accountability to our life that otherwise may not be present.  Instead of embracing the "sandpaper people" in our life we want them OUT because they make us feel uncomfortable or bring things out of us that we would not otherwise realize was present unless that "challenge" button had not of been pressed. 

 

I firmly believe that in the ability to Agree to Disagree there lies freedom for God to work on individual's at His pace and not at our pace.  I know that it is OK for me to disagree with individual's in my life and decisions they make and that it is OK for them to disagree with me and decisions I make.  IT IS OK!  Disagreeing with someone does not mean you do not believe in them; yet so many times offense is taken because the individual feels as though the person disagreeing with them is doing so because they do not believe in them or what they feel God is speaking to them. 

 

We need to stop buying into the lies of the enemy and keep him under our feet where he belongs!  Agree to Disagree and watch what God will do!