What does the top look like to me?

My view of the top is being a good influence, living out your purpose, and utilizing all your gifts. I believe the impact on the lives of people are important. When you are long gone there are generations passing down your mark on their family lives. Your imprint in the earth should bring great honor to Christ name. The seed you sow in people should create a harvest of kingdom living. It's to live not for yourself, but for your love for God and your neighbor. To think outside of self and to live as a servant. Always mindful and aware that what you do affects those around you. The Bible says not to look out only for your own interest, but we should care about the interest of others. (Philippians 2:4) What matters to people should bring out compassion, love, and mercy. People don’t care what you can offer them if you don’t show they matter to you. Everyone wants to be loved, respected, and supported even if they don’t do that for themselves. And when you can make that type of impact on people you are a success. 

In addition, living out your purpose will always bring favorable results. Getting back to our original intent God predestine you to be is truly making it. To run the race and finish brings eternal significance. This reward goes beyond the earth influence, but impacts your heavenly treasures.  A everlasting store house of blessings nothing in earth can match. That’s making it to the highest of to the top. The most high God created you for his pleasure. It’s his plan for me to delight in me and me in him. Making God smile should bring a fulfillment nothing else can match. It should produce a joy the world can’t give nor take away from us. The fact that we can go to God, who is our manufacturer, as he read out his label instructions for our lives should put us at ease. For who better knows what we should do then the one that gives us the abilities to do a thing. Our bodies are created by him and for him. Any other use of it outside of him is truly a fall from grace. Allowing everyone to use you, but God defeats your purpose of existing.

Lastly, making use of all your gifts is winning in life. Everything God does and gives has a purpose. When that purpose is fulfilled it gives glory to God the gift giver. We dishonor God when we let what he gives go to waste. He is looking for us to be faithful in what he gives us so we can be prosperous for his name's sake. His name is on the line when it comes to our stewardship of the natural and spiritual gifts he grants us. When we misuse or fail to use what he gives, God will not entrust us with greater. We disqualify ourselves for more gifts and the anointing behind them. Our gifts are not just for our benefit, but the benefits of others. When people see the gifts operating properly, it can cause them to look to the gift giver and give thanks. For example The queen of Sheba concerning Solomon's gift of wisdom. She praises his God because of the gift of wisdom Solomons use in her presence. (See 2 Chronicles Chapter 9) Gifts are to point people to Christ and not self. They are formed for his family and to evangelize to those that are not. Gifts are so important that in the courtroom of heaven, we will be judged on what we did with them. Overall, I know I've arrived when God says "Well done, good and Faithful servant."