its not as easy as you say 'risk whatever it takes'. There would be lot of temptations on the way, the more you overcome them, the more other temptations coming your way becomes tougher. I'm not saying this to discourage any of us, all I'm saying is only the grace of God is capable of making us overcome any temptation that comes our way, so as to be on right path. In our daily prayers we should always remember to ask for his grace in our lifes for without you won't be able to 'risk whatever it takes' in order to be at the right path.