God desires a righteous people, but it is not a righteousness that can ever be attained through self-effort, determination, or be forced. It is not an imposed moral standard. Despite what you may have been taught, the Lord’s focus is not on your behavior. 

Righteousness that is rooted in behavior (what appears to be righteousness anyway), is not remotely the same thing as behavior rooted in righteousness. The righteousness the Lord seeks from His people can only be achieved in us by the Holy Spirit through the renewal and transformation of heart and mind. Real righteousness originates in Heaven and flows through us, it doesn’t come from us. 

Are you trading in fake currency, thinking you are offering acceptable divine transactions to earn favor in the Kingdom of Heaven through what you do?