Truth be told you must be sincere enough to ask yourself this question every time. I 'm I in this to beat this, or I am in this for gold.
There are several people who want to make a mark for themselves but are unwilling to make the difference. It is possible to have a bench mark for God and still enjoy the best of the times and the worst of it. Or will it be said of you I enjoyed the best of God and never enjoyed the earthly goods that have accrued to me because I only enjoyed the best of times in myself and I.
You are not here on your own accord and you know it. You never just got here and only to discover whoa! I just got here. I am saying you were designed by an intelligent maker who will do anything to have you rule over the domains of darkness in its minutest of times and detail.
Do not always say that my time is of the essence and I must run against time when the only time to beat is against the wiles of the enemy to dissuade you.
Many have run against their God only to see that they are of all men most miserable and they have the rulership of the world to contend with massively.
Don't get to the buttom of your life only to realize your were just wasting your time. It is a mammoth or anything not short of it to know that you were not just an epitome of success but an epitome of the life that now is and that which is to come. Wait a minute I have only one question for you. Where are you going un-end to?