Just one thing is needed
Your calling as a Christian is not to do something. It is to belong fully to Christ. Out of that love connection, that abiding in Him, He will give you plenty to do! But I believe that most Christians are acting out of a sense of obligation, duty, or even to look good before others. When God purifies our hearts, He purifies our motives. How? Because His motives are at work in and through and coming out of us. Remember, none of us have anything at all of any good to offer Christ, or anyone else, in and of ourselves. I realize this is a blow to your pride. Oh well. Maybe the Scripture about wood, hay, and stubble doesn't matter to you. You figure that you're "in" anyway with God, so just keep working works no matter if He is in them or not. But why settle for the Cracker Jack ring of tin when God has gold works for us to do? We must step out of the way. This is a nice way of saying: we must die. Die to pride. Die to self-rightousness. Die to showing off be