C.T. Studd was a rich and famous English athlete who sold his entire estate, gave it away and went to the mission field to serve Christ. He summed up the perspective that motivated him: “Only one life, ‘twill soon be past. Only what’s done for Christ will last.”
C.T. Studd (1860-1931) as recounted by Randy Alcorn in Money, Possessions, and Eternity (Tyndale House: Wheaton, 2003) 417.