Grace

Ron Block is a musician with Alison Krauss and Union Station. He wrote the following insightful words on grace:

"We have God’s grace--His unmerited favor, His power on our lives. We 'have everything we need for life and godliness.' What we need, then, is to faithe--to actively trust God by a choice of the will. Not will-power in works-effort, but making the choice of the will to rely on God’s stated Facts and wholeheartedly trust His character to perform that which He has promised.

"Rather than pray for grace as something I haven’t been given, I thank God for grace--for that abundant, all-encompassing provision that bought me, washed me, indwelt me, and now drives and empowers me. Grace will lead me home.

"God is patient with us; He knows we are dust. He knows our frailty and inherent weakness from the inside--because not only did He live here as an ordinary man empowered by the Holy Spirit, but He also created us to be weak containers--apart from Him we can do nothing, and when we will and act in faith, and good works follow, it is really God in us willing and acting according to His good pleasure. Grace is what makes all this possible--God’s unmerited favor, His power to us-ward."