Paul prayed that the Philippians’ love would increase through a growing knowledge of God that would result in the discernment to spend their life for what matters by living as men and women of integrity so that the righteousness of Christ might bear abundant fruit in them to the glory and praise of God.

Based on Philippians 1:9-11

This is Part 3 of a 4-part series on glorifying God with your life. In Parts 1 and 2, we explored Paul’s passionate prayer from prison and how glorifying God begins with growing love and choosing what is best. Today, we examine the final two aspects of living a life that brings glory to God.

Glorifying God Means Living with Integrity

The third aspect of this prayer in our text is found in the second part of verse number 10: “That you may be sincere and without offense until the day of Christ.” Glorifying God with my life means that my life is characterized by integrity. The word sincere means to be pure. It implies a lack of hypocrisy, no disguises, and nothing extra added in.

Christ’s most scathing rebukes in the Gospels were for the self-righteous. Those who appeared one way outside, but inside, it was different. Beloved, listen, when life turns up the heat, when a spouse dies, when a child has a disability or is in the hospital, when our goals and plans begin to crumble, when trials and afflictions come, what do you think? When people start to accuse you falsely, you are suddenly presented with an opportunity to demonstrate your sincerity.

What you believe about God and his love, faithfulness, and goodness is lived out amid the fiery trial. We only heard of the three Hebrew children because of the fiery furnace. You see, glorifying God with my life means my life is characterized by integrity, purity, and blamelessness. To be blameless is to be a person of Christ-like integrity or character.

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