As a faith family, we’re called to embrace the Big Hairy Audacious Goal of pressing on toward perfection or in other words, becoming more and more like Christ. By calling us to imitate himself, Paul is calling us to imitate Christ – to embody the Gospel in a way to demonstrate the love of God to the world. Our desired impact should be matched with commitment – we are in this with one another for the long haul – committing to one another because God has committed to us in steadfast faithfulness through the sacrifice of the cross.