Competing with God

What does yielding to God look like when he has charged us with the stewardship of our lives? My power versus my responsibility. My power alongside my responsibility. God will apply his power as he sees fit. I don't see why I should be too concerned about competing with God, as if I'm reducing or disregarding his involvement by being involved myself. So much of the talk these days—about humility, yielding, trusting in God instead of ourselves—sounds like people think it's some kind of rebellion to intiate action on their own (most likely God-given) intuitions, beliefs, values, passions, skills, interests, etc. If I'm going to be held accountable for my life, I'd rather have erred trying to do what was not mine to do even if presumptuously, rather than not jumping in and doing what may be mine to do out of deference to the rulership of God.