The richness of life depends very largely on what we have chosen to live for. Those who live for self and make the creature comforts and material gains the chief end of life, are choosing the least rewarding end. We who are seeking to live for God, His Kingdom and His righteousness have chosen the best part. The thrill of being a part of so great a meaning and purpose is beyond putting into words. A whole new world of meaning begins to open to us as the spiritual becomes the object of our highest living.
Some pagans go far in the fine art of loyalty.
The real lovers of Jesus go further. Consider a Japanese who immediately after his government surrendered to General MacArthur set out to commit suicide. That was the only honorable way he could think of to demonstrate how attached he was to his overlord, the Mikado. While on his way to the jumping-off place, he came across a Christian pastor to whom he confessed what he was about to do. Throw your life away.