Galatians 3:1-3
1 You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.
2 I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by observing the law, or by believing what you heard?
3 Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now trying to attain your goal by human effort?

Holy Spirit is not a gift earned through the works of the law. We all received the Holy Spirit through simple faith.

The Galatians were deceived into thinking that spiritual growth or maturity could be achieved through the works of the flesh, instead of a continued simple faith and abiding in Jesus.

After beginning with the Spirit, are we now trying to attain our goal by human effort?

Application

Check the areas in your life where you have put your trust in the works and rectify it. Look at your New Year resolutions and goals and see if you are making progress according to what you planned in the beginning? Continue to seek the Help of Holy Spirit to achieve even more than what you planned by the power of God by faith.