2 Timothy 1:12 For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.
Christ may have paid a terrible price in our eyes but to Him it was exactly what was required. I martyr may pay a terrible price in our eyes, but to theirs it was what had to be done.
If we really do love Christ half as much as he loves us then we should be willing to do what is needed to get others to know Him too.
When we stop short of the goal we are saying we cannot do it. When we stop before the end we say we are not strong enough.
Christ is offering us His strength and His determination to allow us to reach the goal.