Being citizens of the kingdom of heaven who reside in the empire requires being humble and obedient to the point of dying to ourselves and the narrative that surrounds us so we can find true life in Christ and, ultimately, someday, thanks to Jesus’ humility and obedience, receive the ultimate fulfillment of our purpose collectively as a church and, yes, also, of your special purpose as a child of God, made in his image, a person for whom Christ died and purposed for his mission.
Paul points to the litmus test of that very calling in Philippians 2.