The Lord has brought me here to take possession of this land because of my righteousnes

Deuteronomy 9:1-16

You know about them and have heard it said: “Who can stand up against the Anakites?” But be assured today that the Lord your God is the one who goes across ahead of you like a devouring fire. He will destroy them; he will subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them quickly, as the Lord has promised you.

Do not say to yourself, “The Lord has brought me here to take possession of this land because of my righteousness.”No, it is on account of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is going to drive them out before you.

Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the Lord your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.

At the end of the forty days and forty nights, the Lord gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant. Then the Lord told me, “Go down from here at once, because your people whom you brought out of Egypt have become corrupt. They have turned away quickly from what I commanded them and have made an idol for themselves.”

And all these things bring dangers: the danger of losing their identity as God's people: the danger of false pride.

Why?

No because of my righteousness or my integrity or any good behavior, but because of the love of the Lord so I can be a son of the Lord.

So remember the command of the Lord in my heart and obey his word with all my strength, all my mind, and all my heart.

Great is the Lord Almighty!

How?

Give praise to the Lord and obey the word of the Lord. For God loves me.