Humans tend to make life much more difficult than it already is. Life is extremely hard and challenging and we make it more so by attempting to "be perfect" and "do more" and "solve everything" to insure our salvation. Jesus has already done that for us. Instead, we should be taking all of that energy to Love God and to help and Love Others instead of wasting time doing something that has already been done and done at a much better level than we would ever do it.
Lord, thank You for saving me and now help me to direct all of my attention toward loving You and loving others.