The righteousness of God is now fulfilled in you. That means that we don’t have to strive to get on God’s good side, or work ourselves to the bone trying to make it into God’s good graces. We are already there. In fact, II Cor 5: says that we are made the righteousness of God in Christ. That means what Jesus accomplished on the cross, finished the work. Jesus said it is finished, and it was! When we receive salvation, we receive the finished work. Just like God who, when he was done creating the world, sat down and said it was good, Jesus did, when He rose from the dead, after dying on a cross. The good work was complete. He said it is done, Jesus did the work, so we don’t have to. There would be no way for us to pay for our own sins, so Jesus did it for us. We now have the righteousness of God fulfilled in us. We hear so often that our own righteousness is as filthy rags, that we easily can go back to the place where we feel dirty and unworthy. But that is unnecessary, because it isn’t in our own righteousness that we can boast, it is in the glory of the cross. We get the benefits without any of the blame. Instead of the consequences of sin, which is death, we get the benefit of the payment made on our behalf, which is eternal life, the gift of God. So take a deep breath, and enjoy the knowledge that we can rest. The wrestling match is over. Jesus won and handed us the victory in the form of a place to rest comfortably in the hands of a loving God. No more wrestling, just resting!