reach not for the base metal but for the gold

as I look on and know that for me, nothing's gonna come my way anytime soon,

it's made even clearer to me:

Seek the Lord first. Before anything, everything else. Only when God is truly at the top, and when all other things - even your own ambition - fade away, will He then be able to do His amazing work in your life, and give you what you desire, things that will prosper you in unimaginable ways and help you reach more than your dreams - dreams that are from Him, things that will glorify His name.