God's laws are good and holy. They promise blessings on those who would obey them. But, because of the weakness of our flesh, i.e., our natural powers and inclinations, we cannot obey them as much as we want to. Thus, instead of receiving God's blessings, we incur God's wrath. Our lives are now characterized by sin and death. We try to overcome these realities but we always fail because God is not in the picture. Such is the history of mankind. It takes wisdom and humility to admit that we cannot save ourselves apart from God. But we keep trying nevertheless. All the "do-it-yourself-and-try-harder" advice that we've been getting from the world's system only drives us away from the true source of peace - God. Only God can give us true peace in our lives. His "shalom" (i.e., His free gift of peace and total well-being) can only be experienced by His grace through faith in His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. This is the righteousness of God.