I am using the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.

Today, I am reading and commenting on Philippians 1-4

I was trying to figure out where to put my focus on the things Paul writes in this passage when I came to chapter 3, verse 17.  There Paul writes that we should pattern our lives after his and learn from those who follow his example.  Reading that should challenge each and every one of us.  I know it challenged me.  Have we lived our lives in such a manner that we can tell others to pattern their lives after ours?  Can we confidently state, as Paul does, that it will be better for others for us to go on living?  While at the same time living our lives with the knowledge that things will be better for us when we die?  Do we live clean, innocent lives, seeking the well-being of others more than our own? I challenge you to live your life as an example of how those who seek to follow Christ can follow.