THIS IS RIGHTEOUSNESS

Righteousness which means your right standing with God, is not about your works. You are actually wasting precious spiritual time by trying to be right with God. God will never count our works as righteousness. That is why He said that "our righteousness is like a filthy rag". Isaiah 64:6. He needs us to operate in His righteousness not ours. God's righteousness is based on Faith, not on works. Yea it is true that Apostle James told us in James 2:14-26, that "faith without works is dead...", do not miss-interpret this, the only work that Faith requires is an act of Faith, which is Casting Your Cares on Him. The act of Faith is resting on the victory not working to get the victory.
This is Righteousness. Most believers work hard to make sure they please God through their righteousness, unfortunately, they fall, and they realize that no matter how hard they try, they just keep falling. It's not because "trying" is not good or not enough, but because "trying" to be righteous is not God's kind of righteousness. That is not Faith. You can not please God without Faith. Hebrews 11:6. Faith is surrendering all to God and totally resting even if he fails or not, but following His word.
That is God's righteousness. You do not have to form up a plan to please God! Come on! You don't keep yourself in such bondage! God will not accept you if you feel you know what to do to make him accept you, then maybe He shouldn't have sent Jesus to die. You have to appear with a contrite heart and a broken spirit before him. Psalm 51:17. Acknowledging the fact that we are helpless, we can't live as we want to live. Romans 7:15-19.

Yet there is a "work of Righteousness". Mind you, it is not a work towards righteousness but in righteousness, in victory. Try ask yourself a question:

•  Can I do something to attain God's kind of righteousness?

If you think you can then you should overlook that question and keep trying to. But this piece is for you who have tried and seen that it isn't what you think it is, that it isn't as easy as you thought it would be. The good news today is that it is the easiest thing to do. 

Watch this; - If you are a Governor, would you still need to try to be a Governor?

                   - If you are a girl, would you still need to be a girl?

Believers think they need to be holy, not knowing that they are holy already. The only work they'd be needing to do is working in holiness, not working to be holy. God told us to be holy just as He is holy. He didn't say we should strive to be holy, He never meant that we all should waste our strengths and time trying to be holy, but He meant that we should know that we are holy just as He is. Come on! Get loose! We were made in His likeness. Genesis 1:26. As He is, so we are in this world! 1 John 4:17. Ha! Get yourself loosed! No more struggle! We shall be holy! For he is holy!! 1 Peter 1:16.

He didn't say we should try to be holy, but we are already holy! For He is holy!

So guys! This is it! Do not work to be, but work knowing that you are already! You do have souls to win! You have generations to save! Do not waste your time and strength trying to be what you are already. But being Holy and in right standing with God, follow his Word! "...nevertheless, at thy word we will let down the net..." Luke 5:5.

This is Righteousness.

                                                                            KELLYBRIGHT