That's how the word 'gracious' can be used.
But, Paul who was revealing the mystery that had been hidden, revealed another aspect.
It's not always a lovey-dovey God's expression. That was intended for baby Christians.
But, God wants us to grow up in Christ and fully mature.
It's also God's power for meaning business and supplying his troupes with the needed power their life will require, according to His imputed abilities (gifts) given each believer.
Paul revealed that for the mature believer, grace means God's power being granted by the Spirit, for each believer to fight the good fight against the world, the flesh, and the Devil.
"But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain;
.but I worked harder than all them, yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me”. 1 Corinthians 15:10
"Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me,
“My grace is sufficient for you, .for my power is made perfect in weakness.”
Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in .hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties.
For when I am weak, then I am strong." 2 Corinthians 12:8-10
Our succeding in doing God's will can not have been accomplished unless God supplied us with the needed grace power and thinking, all supplied by means of His Spirit in us!
When we are supposed to have reached maturity? Remaining stubborn and calling it personal conviction is actually being weak, not strong by grace. Yes... We needed conviction to pull us through to where God would fill us with power that gives us resting and inner peace... No more fighting by means of our emotions.
Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion
looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you
know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind
of sufferings.
And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have
suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.
1 Peter 5:8-10
Search and pray... Find someone who can teach you the word of God on the same level that Peter, Paul, and John did.
For only sound doctrine can make ya believer able to enter into His rest,
making one strong, firm and steadfast.
For those who have ears to hear.....