A Balance of Grace and Action Through Faith

I've been thinking about what I wrote this morning. God is not a God of confusion. Anything like that that sets in is not from Him. One thing that I wrote has stuck in my mind and I hope to grow this concept. But I want some feedback. I wrote that we need a balance in our lives, a balance of grace and action through faith. That leads me to say that grace through faith causes change in us. That change that God produces in us causes our actions to bring about change in the world around us. What are your thoughts on this?