All are justified freely by his grace.
—Romans 3:24
Dag Hammarskjöld said: “Around a man who has been pushed into the limelight, a legend begins to grow as it does around a dead man. But a dead man is in no danger of yielding to the temptation to nourish his legend, or accept its picture as reality. I pity the man who falls in love with his image as it is drawn by public opinion during the honeymoon of publicity.”
There is no ticket to heaven based on human achievement. “If Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God” (Rom 4:2).
If your résumé is packed with accomplishments, you will be justifiably applauded. Even so, there is no room for boasting before God.
Salvation is a gift of God’s grace. It’s all of God, none of human merit.
Admit your need and claim God’s grace.