Grace and Responsibility

In a covenant of grace, what is our responsibility? Many of us freely accept the grace of God that brought us to salvation in Jesus, but after that we fall into a pattern of self-salvation. We strive in our own efforts to try and be pleasing to God, or to be some kind of super saint. Rather than walking in the freedom and grace that Christ won for us on the cross, we try to earn God's love through the law and works. The gospel is not just good news for the lost. Even as believers we need to be reminded daily of the freedom that we have in Jesus. Our responsibility is trusting that He will give us the grace to accomplish the unique calling that He has for each of us.