My soul clings to you,Your right hand upholds me.
We cannot work righteousness in our lives. We cannot be holy through our own effort. Just as we were saved through grace by the power of the work of Christ, so we are sanctified by grace through the work of Christ. We must die, to live, trusting in the one who is Life. So, we strive with a different kind of striving, not to accomplish a work, but in faith that the one who loves us will complete the work, he has begun in us.
“O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified. Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?” (Galatians 3:1-3 ESV)
