My Dad used to say, I want to live to see the end of a Christian life.  At age 87 he did, but what he was saying was way more than that.  It is called living with your final end in view.  It is living your story the way you would like for it to end.  The problem is, some folks live their story one way and expect it to turn out another way.  It does not work like that.  What kind of person would you like to present to your Heavenly Father at the end of the journey?  Then live toward that.

 “‘Well done, my good servant!’ his master replied. ‘Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities’” Luke 19:17 (NIV).