Paul echoes another theme from earlier in the letter: live intentionally:

But as for you, O man of God, 

• Flee these things. 
• Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.  
• Fight the good fight of the faith. 
• Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, to 
• Keep the commandment unstained and free from reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Timothy 6.11 – 14, ESV, bulleted for clarity)

Flee, pursue, fight, take hold, keep… Pay attention to how you live. Twice recently I left the Denver Airport for Colorado Springs via Pena Blvd and I-225. Everything is well-marked but there is A LOT of room for error at the transition. One could end up on I-70…or Peoria Street. I make it a point to fully focus, just like I did coming out of the Atlanta Airport headed for Montgomery, Alabama. There were about five turns, everyone counter-intuitive. Pay attention! Or, as Jesus said more than once, WATCH.

Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.” (Luke 12.15, NIV)

Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap. For it will come on all those who live on the face of the whole earth. Be always on the watch, and pray… (Luke 21.34 – 36, NIV)