Bible Reference:  Romans 4:1-25 We put our faith in Jesus Christ.   He is the person who makes us right before God.  Abraham was declared right when he put his faith in God to put him right.   Abraham became the person from whom the Messiah would come. From David's declaration God makes you right.   You are right because God says so.  Righteous works do not make people right.  Circumcision was given to Abraham after he believed.   The Law was given to show us that we have a need to be made right.  The promise of being right depends on God's grace. Romans 4:16-24 Romans Chapter 16 We must be careful to not fall into the trap of trying to do good works to make us right.   We must just come back to God.  He makes us right. Romans 5:1-5 A lot of times we hear God will bless,  bless, bless you.  We tend to think we get, get, get.  This produces selfishness.   But Paul said he was blessed even when he was stoned, shipwrecked.   Paul had peace with God in whatever circumstance

Nehemiah understood the importance of the work he was under taking and was not distracted by those trying to trap him... Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: “Come, let us meet together in one of the villages on the plain of Ono.” But they were scheming to harm me; so I sent messengers to them with this reply: “I am carrying on a great project and cannot go down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and go down to you?” Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave them the same answer. Nehemiah 6:2‭-‬4 NIV https://bible.com/bible/111/neh.6.2-4.NIV