The Secret of Grace by Steve McVey

Author:Steve McVey
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780736957830
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers

Chapter 7

THE SECRET OF CAREFREE LIVING

“Pray for me to know God’s will,” Brent said. “I have three job offers and I’m not sure which one I’m supposed to accept. I don’t want to miss God’s perfect will by taking a job I’m not supposed to have,” he continued. “Please pray that the right choice will become very clear to me soon.”

Brent was a close friend of mine, and I knew he had a sincere desire to honor God in the decisions he made in his life. Yet I could see he was experiencing real anxiety over which choice to make in this matter. He had been without a job for almost three months, but now he had three offers, all coming within days of each other. The irony of the situation was that he had seemed more relaxed during the months he had had no job offers than he did now when he had three. Any of the three sounded good to me, but his concern over picking the right option made him tense.

Brent needed to understand the secret of carefree living. That may sound impossible, but when you confidently come to rest in the reality of the goodness of God, your perspective changes on everything. You begin to understand that every detail of life flows from your relationship with One who will ensure that your steps are the right ones.

Grace means that God does it all. Do you believe that? “But don’t we have a part?” you may ask. We have one “part”—we simply receive from Him, cooperating with the Holy Spirit by trusting Him moment by moment. To walk in grace doesn’t mean we are passive in matters of daily living. To the contrary, it means that we act in confidence, resting in the fact that it is God who will initiate, perpetuate, and consummate His plan for our lives.

So many people fall short of the joy God intends for them because they fail to understand how His grace acts on our behalf to bring to pass the wonderful plan He has for us. If it really is true that my life is completely in His hands and that He is the One who is responsible for seeing that I fulfill the plan He has for me, then I can relax! I can dance my way through a carefree life, not acting irresponsibly but, to the contrary, acting boldly in the knowledge that my Loving Father ultimately is the force behind all that happens to me.

God has an awesome plan for your life. It isn’t a cookie-cutter plan, either. He designed a special agenda, an agenda uniquely created for you. Before you were ever born, He saw you and customized His plan for your lifetime. One of the greatest joys in life is to know that you are experiencing the very purpose for which you were created. Fulfilling the will of God is not some elusive goal that can never be reached. It is possible to enjoy the experience of knowing we are in the very center of God’s purpose.

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