Glory in the Lord.

1Co 1:30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: 

1Co 1:31 That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

Christ is our wisdom.

Christ is our righteousness.

Christ is our sanctification.

Christ is our redemption.

2Co_3:18  But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

We are not supposed to believe we have wisdom of our own. We are not supposed to become righteous by ourselves and claim we are righteous. We cannot claim sanctification as if we can sanctify ourselves. We have no redemption of our own.  So why are we constantly trying to become all these things, to have these thing by our own merit?  We have to hold up Christ and it's HIS wisdom, HIS righteousness, HIS sanctification, HIS redemption that exists in us, not some mingled mash up of ours and His.

We try so hard to be 'good' not realizing that no matter how good we deem ourselves it doesn't matter. God doesn't care about how good we think we are. God cares about our trusting in Christ to be good for us.  Faith in Christ, not in ourselves.