The Secret of Supernatural Agreement
Several years ago I received a teaching from evangelist Damon Thompson called “Joined and Jointed” on the power of true unity. It quickened a deeper study of Paul’s view of the church and her lack of power and miracle supply.
As I studied, I found one word exploded in my spirit about how unity can release the Father’s supernatural supply. That word is epichoregos, and it is found hidden away in Ephesians 4:16: “From whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.”
The New King James Version rightly translates the word as supplies. It comes from two words epi, which means “upon,” and choregeo, which means “one who fully furnishes a choir or dance team.” Our English word choreographer comes from that word. A choreographer sets the stage and coordinates music, dance and drama for the theater.
In the Greek world, theater was very important. In fact, our word theater came from the Greek language. In the Greco-Roman world, a choregos was also a benefactor who not only took care of all the stage arranging, but also supplied all the finances, food, costuming and salaries for the production.
Everyone who heard this word epichoregos understood that they needed God to be their choregos. The same word is found in Philippians 1:19, 2 Corinthians 9:10-11 and 1 Peter 4:11. Jesus used a form of the word in Luke 15:25 to describe the prodigal son’s return home and the lavish production his father put on to welcome him back. Throughout the Bible, we see God as our choregos, the One who directs and supplies our lives.
Understanding that, how does God release that provision to His people as His church? If we go back to Ephesians 4:16, we will see that the church is called a body. Furthermore, the church is “fitly joined together” or sumharmos in the Greek. This is a compound word with sum, which means “together,” and harmos, from which our word harmony comes. The third part in this long word, legos, means “to speak.” So here is a group that together, in harmony, says the same word of faith!
Paul goes on to say “every joint supplies.” There is the miracle word: epichoregeo. When we are together in harmony, saying the same word of faith, God opens the window of heaven and pours out His abundant supply. Everything we need is available to us when we are rightly connected with each other. Every failure indicates a lack of right relationships.
This is why relationships are primary to God and to our lives, and it’s why disagreement and disunity destroy our opportunity to receive the miraculous God wants to release in, to and through us. There is supernatural power in living life in agreement and unity with other believers!
Ronnie Phillips Jr. is senior associate pastor at Abba’s House in Hixson, Tenn., where he works alongside his father, Ron Phillips. The pair coauthored a new book, The Power of Agreement, which releases this month.
Jackie Bledsoe 
Charisma Media Staff 
