Following Jesus does not only represent a life waiting to receive blessings and excluded from the conflicts and tribulations of this world, it also entails renouncing oneself, taking the cross of contempt and criticism and even persecution for our faith in Christ ; It is necessary to be willing to give everything, to then win everything.
Proverbs 4: 26-27 Examine the path your feet follow and all your ways be straight. Do not deviate to the right or to the left; separate your foot from evil.
Hebrews 12:13 And make straight paths for your feet, that the leg may not take hold of itself, but that it may be healed.
Psalm 119: 5 O that my ways may be affirmed to keep your statutes!
Proverbs 4:25 Look your eyes forward, and let your gaze be fixed on what is before you.
Proverbs 5: 6 Does not consider the path of life; His paths are unstable, and he does not know it.
Proverbs 5:21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and He watches all his paths.