The foremost spiritual goal of the Christian is to love the Lord their God with all their heart, mind, soul and strength. This love should be greater than the love they possess for their family, friends, fellow church members and leaders. Salvation originates through God's effort. It is caused by God, as a result of his redemptive acts and our faith. It occurs in the pledge of repentance at baptism and confession.
Salvation is associated with our compliance.
Jesus must be the Lord of our life, or, another way to put it, we must be His disciple. Our compliance began at baptism and continues in faith and love accompanied by obedience to him. This includes discipling the nations, or, put another way, seeking and saving the lost. This is accomplished in concert with living according to God's will in the moral and ethical standards that He expects. Thus, Christians are ambassadors carrying about Jesus' eternal purpose in much the same way that Jesus himself did while on earth.