From God and for God

Only what is from God and for God is worth pursuing and participating in because it aligns us with the reality that everything already is from and for him.

What do I mean by "from God...?" 

Any actions by us that are driven by God's gracious love - vs. our independent performance to earn God's love/approval - i.e. He, by his love, is the impetus behind our actions. 

What do I mean by "for God...?"

Any actions that are driven to show off God - done for his honor/glory - and not to show us off i.e. to draw attention to ourself and advance on our rebellious independence from God.

To only carry out those things that are from and for God is to deliberately participate in what is already true i.e. everything is actually from, through and to him whether we consciously participate or not i.e. regardless of our willful participation.

One day every knee will bow and acknowledge that he is Lord and all things are from, through and to him and he is the sovereign means and end of all things. 

If we conduct our lives as if all things are not from, through and to God we will also go into eternity without him i.e. continue on the same delusional -- outside of reality -- and destructive trajectory throughout eternity that we lived while on earth. Our eternal existence will merely be an extension of our present one; an existence that refuses to recognize God is Lord of everything i.e. it will be a life absent of God in eternity as it is presently -- though not in reality just consciously, for in him we live move and have our being,  

"Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! "For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?" "Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?"

For a further discussion on our eternal state and living a life without God click here.