Grace Is the Vehicle; Faith Is the Key!

A few years ago, when I was still in college, studying in my apartment, I heard God clearly tell me “Grace is the vehicle, Faith is the Key.” For years, I’ve pondered what this means and have been getting fresh revelation on this one statement time and again.

I’m a pretty visual person, so when God told me that, I actually envisioned a car with a key in the ignition. I started looking for parallels in the analogy. For example, you cannot unlock or start a car without the key. In the same way, we cannot access or operate in the vehicle of God’s Grace without the key of Faith. Grace and Faith work hand in hand to fulfill God’s promises in our lives.

Faith activates what God has already apportioned to us by His Grace. Faith is our part and Grace is His. Instead of carrying the key of faith in our pockets, we carry it in our hearts.

So how do you get faith in your heart? Easy! Romans 10:17 states: “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” When we listen to bible-based messages, read, and speak the Word of God, His promises and teachings enter our mind. As we meditate on His Word over and over, it drops into our hearts.

When our faith mixes with God’s Word in our hearts, they work supernaturally together to manifest the promises of God in our lives! This process operates under the principle of Grace. The reason why it can only work by Grace is because God does not fulfill His promises to us on the basis of our human effort or merit, but rather God supplies these promises based on the riches of His mercy and Grace.

The only way to obtain the Grace of God is to place our faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ. We have to understand that God is satisfied with the sacrifice of Jesus, which allows us to come boldly to the Throne of Grace, confident that we have right standing with God based on what Jesus has done for us.

Satan, the accuser, will try to fool you into thinking God is still angry with you because of sin. Thankfully, God is not looking at us; He’s looking at the blood of Jesus, which totally redeems us from His wrath. God is a just God, and He will not judge us for the same sin twice. When Jesus died on the cross, all of our sins were imputed to Him and the fullness of God’s wrath was poured out on Him. When Jesus rose from the grave, our sin debt was paid in full!

God may turn His back on sinful man, but He will never turn His back on the precious blood of His beloved Son. As believers, we are covered in this precious blood, and we have full access to Father God as a result!

Once we release our faith in Jesus Christ (who is God’s Word in flesh), God’s Grace carries us to wherever we need to go to fulfill His perfect will and advance the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. Grab your keys and hop in God’s Grace; we’ve got places to go and things to see!