Sacrifice?

Just wondered about a comment made by an acquaintance some time back. According to that source, there are things in life worth fighting for, worth building your entire past, present and future around, worth sacrificing everything for. Of course, as a Christian, the correct answer would be to do all that for God. But I am just a little concerned. What is that God that we are actually sacrificing so much for?

Our God is a jealous God, and there should be no other God in our lives except for Him. If we were to build our lives around anything, it should be for Him, for His works, for His cause. There you have it, the grey area. What exactly is His works? What is the definition of His cause? I am not trying to be too analytical or philosophical or even theological, but the point I want to bring across is that one person's calling is another's curse. We may all strive for that one purpose, to build our lives in accordance to God. But how each one of us build is different. Some uses bricks, some steel, and some even diamonds. But we are all doing the same thing, achieving the same goal, working for the same cause. Who is to say whose building method is wrong?

Being a little bit more specific, the word 'Leader' or 'Mentor' is ultimately just a word. It is not God, and it never should be. Different people view and exercise that differently as well. To judge everyone with the same yardstick will be judging how well a fish climbs a tree. Different people, different sacrifice. But it is still a sacrifice.