From the Pulpit...

Recall from 2:9-11 that God exalted His Son after the humiliation portion of the incarnation. He did so by lifting Him up and assigning Him before all people the name which is above all names. The purpose of this exaltation was two-fold: that every knee should bow and that every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord. All of this will result in glory to God the Father. But it should also result in our walking obediently to God now, for if we claim in words that He is our Lord and have bowed our knee to Him, we ought to live like it!

If you are saved, God has placed in you the desire to live a holy life, and He has given you the tools you need to actually accomplish it. No "woe is me" stuff here, "I cannot live for the Lord," "It is too hard," "It is too dangerous," etc. God works desire and enablement in you. Now, work them out, dear believer.