One of the Major Keys to Success in this life is learning to mind in the beginning those things that would matter in the end. You can never begin a journey without having a destination in mind. It is the destination that eventually determines the path you would take to reach it. In this life, we would always arrive somewhere given time. The question remains 'where exactly'? After you leave this life, you would also arrive somewhere. Where would that be? This is so important because the Holy Bible declares that "it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this, the Judgment" (Heb. 9:27). Death is not the end but there's a Divine Judgment afterwards that determines where and how we would spend Eternity. To this attests the Holy Scriptures which declare "For we must all appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad" (2 Cor. 5:10). We must live in time with Eternity in perspective and we must set our "... affection on things Above, not on things on the Earth" (Col. 3:2).
We must mind in the beginning those things that would matter in the end. Every day needs to count and every day must be thoroughly maximized towards investing into our Eternal Destiny (Ps. 90:12). There are Three Major Things we ought to pay attention to that would determine our Eternal Destiny:
WE NEED TO RECEIVE REDEMPTION BY THE BLOOD AND MAINTAIN OUR SANCTIFICATION THROUGH SEPARATION FROM SIN, THE WORLD AND THE DEVIL
(Rom. 10:9-10; 1 Jn. 3:2-3)
WE MUST IDENTIFY OUR CALLING AND GOD-GIVEN ASSIGNMENT IN LIFE AND PREPARE OURSELVES FOR IT
(Rom. 12:6-8; Prov. 4:7)
WE MUST USE OUR GIFTS, TALENTS, SKILLS, RESOURCES, PLATFORMS AND TIME TO PURSUE THE GREAT COMMISSION
We need to get involved in discipling the nations and the people groups that God has sent us to (Matt. 28:19-20). If you do these things consistently, you would not only secure your Eternal Destiny but also your Divine Placement in this life. Selah.