For me to live is ________________?

Today has been a challenging and convicting day. We were blessed today to have a guest speaker at our church from the organization -- Gospel for Asia. As a Christian in America, I am becoming more aware of how shallow and spoiled I've been in regards to daily being a faithful disciple of Christ. I have made the commitment to read through the Bible this year at least once, to read other Christian books on missions, discipleship, and spiritual growth, and to be more intentional about sharing the Gospel with others, etc. I've also been watching sermon videos available on the internet from respected Bible teachers. It has been a both challenging and convicting journey as the Holy Spirit illuminates areas of my life that need to be surrendered to Christ. In the Home Team group we visited tonight, we were challenged to fill in the blank of the following question with an answer that best reflects what is true about our Christian life today. "FOR ME TO LIVE IS ______________ ? [The question is taken from a statement recording by the Apostle Paul in his epistle to the Church at Philippi (1:21).] I wish I could tell you that I had a really profound spiritual answer, but to honest I didn't. The Apostle Paul faced a different cultural climate in his day. For him to boldly live for Christ daily meant suffering and persecution ultimately which lead to his execution for preaching the Gospel of Christ. Today the major threat I believe is prosperity. I know the Church thrives under persecution, but I am concerned whether or not the Church will survive prosperity. Why are we not seeing the power of God moving in our midst like He is other parts of our world? I believe it is related to the fact that we don't have a daily, moment by moment dependence on Him. We are self-sufficient, and while we give lip service to our need of God for the most part we've got things under control. It's not until something pulls the rug out from under us that we sense a need for God. I want Christ to be the sum total of my life. Like the Apostle Paul continues to say in chapter three of the same epistle, "I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death." I'm convinced that for me to honestly answer the question with "For me to live is Christ," will require genuine repentance and revival in my heart.