Lyrics
One moment of your favor
is worth ten years of labour
That’s why I’d rather be
right where you are you
One moment of your goodness
is worth ten years of labor
That’s why I’d rather be
Just where you are
One moment of your favor
is worth ten years of labour
That’s why I’d rather be
right where you are you
One moment of your goodness
is worth ten years of labor
That’s why I’d rather be
Just where you are
One moment of your favor
is worth ten years of labour
That’s why I’d rather be
right where you are you
One moment of your goodness
is worth ten years of labor
That’s why I’d rather be
Just where you are
But it’s not by might or by power
Not by the words that I have spoken
It’s by your spirit
By your spirit
Not by might not by power
Not by the words that I have spoken
By your spirit
It’s by your spirit
Not by might not by power
Not by the words that I have spoken
By your spirit
By your spirit
Not by might not by power
Not by the words that I have spoken
By your spirit
By your spirit
So according to your grace, I’m winning
So according to your grace, I receive
So according to your grace
Lord according to your grace
According to your grace, I’m winning
According to you grace, I receive
According to your grace
It’s according to your grace
According to your grace, I’m winning
According to you grace, I receive
According to your grace
According to your grace
According to your grace, I’m winning
According to you grace, I receive
According to your grace
According to your grace
According to your grace, I’m winning
According to you grace, I receive
According to your grace
According to your grace
According to your grace, I’m winning
According to you grace, I receive
According to your grace
According to your grace
According to your grace, I’m winning
According to you grace, I receive
According to your grace
According to your grace
According to your grace, I’m winning
According to you grace, I receive
According to your grace
According to your grace
According to your grace, I’m winning
According to you grace, I receive
According to your grace
According to your grace
According to your grace, I’m winning
According to you grace, I receive
According to your grace
According to your grace
Not by might not by power
Not by the words that I have spoken
By your spirit
By your spirit
It’s not by might or by power
Not by the words that I have spoken
It’s by his spirit
By his spirit
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Meaning & Inspiration
According to Your Grace contrasts human effort with the favor, goodness, Spirit, and grace of God. The opening values a moment in God’s presence above years of labor, presenting divine favor as more decisive than personal striving. The central declaration, “Not by might or by power,” then places the song’s confidence in God’s Spirit rather than spoken claims or human strength.
That line directly echoes Zechariah 4:6, where God’s work is accomplished not by might or power but by his Spirit. The repeated statements about receiving and winning according to grace also fit the New Testament contrast between grace and works in Ephesians 2:8-9. Although the language of victory appears throughout, the lyric does not credit achievement to self-reliance. Instead, success and reception are repeatedly attributed to grace. The song therefore holds together dependence, hope, and worship: God’s nearness is preferred, God’s Spirit supplies what effort cannot, and God’s grace becomes the basis for confident expectation.
Related Scripture
- Zechariah 4:6 The lyric directly echoes God’s declaration that his work is done by the Spirit, not human might.
- Ephesians 2:8-9 The passage grounds salvation in grace rather than human works.