The Field of Agreement: Where Collective Belief Meets Miraculous Outcomes

Whenever two or more come together and agree upon a positive or spiritual idea, that which they agree upon cannot help but be expressed.

That is a powerful principle. It reminds us that movement will happen when two or more people come together to agree on a God-inspired idea—no matter the circumstances.

There is a story about Father Arseny, an orthodox Russian Priest known as the father of Russia. Father Arseny spent over two decades in Stalin's death camp. According to the historical account, he broke up a fight between a young political prisoner named Alexei and a notorious criminal who was under special protection and was never to be touched.

Despite the apparent unfairness, Father Arseny and Alexei were put in solitary confinement. The confinement was in a building outside the prison where temperatures were below freezing. No one had ever survived beyond two hours in such conditions. So, essentially, they were left to die.

While in the room, Alexei asked Father Arseny, "What are we going to do?" Father Arseny said, "We're going to pray." This suggestion dumbfounded Alexei because he was sure they would die in a few hours. Nevertheless, Father Arseny began to pray words like these: "Whenever two or more are gathered together in the name and nature of Spirit, God is amongst us. We are in prayer now."

Father Arseny prayed this prayer without ceasing, and eventually, Alexei joined him in that prayer.

At one point, Alexei was so weakened by the subfreezing temperatures and lack of food and water that he fell onto the bed. But he continued to utter the prayer. Looking in Father Arsenys' direction, Alexei saw other people around ministering to him. He thought he was hallucinating. Alexei felt like he was in a church that he recalled attend with his grandmother as a young boy. Suddenly, Alexei felt the warmth of that church.

Alexei didn't know how long they were praying, but two days later, he and Father Arseny were still in prayer.

They could hear two guards outside the door talking about who was going to take the bodies outside so they could be buried. They were arguing as to who was going to be blamed for their demise and who was going to have to answer the authorities for causing the Priest's death.

When the guards unlocked the door and went in, Father Arseny and Alexei were standing. The guards were shocked since no one had ever survived more than two hours in such conditions, and this was two days later.

The guards decided to search them. They were sure there was some reason they lived. They found nothing unusual except when they touched them, their skin was warm. It seemed like they were in a heated room.

The guards asked them, "How did you survive?" And Father Arseny said, "The presence of God saved us. Spirit did this."

The guards were so nervous and unsettled that they quickly ushered the two men back into the general population with the other prisoners.

The result seems miraculous whenever two or more people gather and agree on a life-affirming idea. In the case of Father Arseny and Alexei, it changed the circumstances from subfreezing temperatures to an awareness that they were standing amid something beyond words, and all was well.

Whenever we are surrounded by seemingly impossible conditions—mentally, emotionally, physically, financially—and don't know how to get out of them, we have to begin to come together in consciousness to see new possibilities. When we do, the seemingly miraculous happens.

This is called entering a field of agreement.

To enter that potent field, we agree until consciousness is aligned. Then, we only move once that agreement is infused by Spirit anchored in our minds and hearts.

When that field of agreement is reached, God's presence will stand in the midst of us and make a way out of seemingly impossible situations. It will clothe itself to become whatever is necessary for our next step of evolution in our individual lives, communities, and world.

Such is the power of entering a field of agreement.

Peace and Blessings,

James