Walking in the Will of God by Steve McVey has been an incredible book to read!! It has taught me how to relax and trust that God is here right NOW in all of us. This book has taught me things like the fact that His plan is PERFECT, we are the LIGHT, and all of us have a DIVINE purpose. Steve McVey has remarkably conquered the task of laying out how to have a trusting relationship with God.
Grace is very briefly mentioned in the prologue of this book. It is such an important faith topic though that I think it deserves a lot of discovery and debunking! So to begin my Walk through “Walking in the Will of God” lets get down and dirty with GRACE.
What is GRACE?
Grace is something that I am completely infatuated with. I’ve never fully understood the concept of grace or what grace really is until reading this book, and ever since it has been a really big faith focus for me. The problem was that I had heard of grace SO MUCH. Around church, youth groups, large groups, you name it – grace was talked about at some point. But I think that people don’t really understand the magnitude of what grace really is. So lets debunk the truth about grace!
So what is grace? Grace is undeserved favor. Grace is God doing what needs to be done and all we have to do is simply live in faith as the beneficiary of His actions. Grace is all the amazing and wonderful gifts God gives us that we in NO way deserve!! Grace is getting what you don’t deserve and not getting what you do deserve.
So What is Walking in Grace?
So many times in my faith journey I have heard they saying “walking in grace” or “through grace” or “by grace.” But what does that really mean. Steve McVey explains it very simply…
- Walking in Grace = walking in faith of God’s will knowing it is undeserved
I don’t know about you, but I find this just incredible. God has a plan for us and as sinners who are entirely flawed, his plan is still perfect and divinely inspired for each and everyone of us. Totally undeserved.
G.R.A.C.E
So thats all great but what does it mean?? How can I walk in grace, live through grace, do things by grace? It was all way over my head at first. Then I found this handy acronym: G.R.A.C.E.
- G = Give yourself
- R = Release the love from within
- A = Ask for nothing in return
- C = Compassion shows love
- E = Enjoy your salvation
So how do we “walking in faith of God’s will and know that everything is undeserved?” We simply enjoy our salvation while giving ourselves through love and compassion and ask nothing in return. Grace.