Sometimes in life we puzzle over God’s will for us. Sometimes we have to make momentous decisions that may alter the course of our lives and the course of other people’s. In those moments we may scour the Bible looking for something, anything, to direct our way; something, anything, to give us confidence that we know and can do the will of God.
But at its most basic level, the will of God for our lives is very simple. God wishes for us to be like him, which is to say, God wishes for us to be holy. “As he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct” (1 Peter 1:15). And it is in the Bible that God has revealed how we can live holy and upright lives.
This puts the onus on each of us to make a careful, deliberate, and ongoing study of the Bible, for as Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth says, “Your progress in holiness will never exceed your relationship with the holy Word of God.” Mark it down—the holiest Christians are also the “Bibleiest” Christians.
