Fullfill Thy Will

For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 1 Timothy 2:3-4

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind,

that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Romans 12:1-2

For this is the will of God, your sanctification: Paraphrasing don't give into the things of the flesh but seek the things that are above. 1 Thessalonians 4:3

The great purpose toward which each human life is drawn is to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever.

Each member of the church glorifies God by recognizing and naming His glory, which is the manifestation and revelation of His own nature.

Each member of the church enjoys God by being so united with Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit as to become a participant in that divine nature,

transformed from one degree of glory to another and escorted by Christ into the loving communion of the Trinity.

So we confess our faith not as a matter of dispassionate intellectual assent, but rather as an act by which we give God glory and announce our membership in the body of Christ.

We trust that when God’s glory is so lifted up and when His nature is thus made manifest in the life of the body,

the church will be a light that draws people from every tribe and tongue and nation to be reconciled to God.

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:10

In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Colossians 2:3

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. James 1:5

“Therefore be careful to observe them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes, and say,

‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’” Deuteronomy 4:6

The Bible says Saul was chosen by the people (1 Sam 8:19), by the Lord (1 Sam 9:17; 10:24) and by casting a lot (1 Sam 10:20-21). So which was it?

Proverbs 16:33 declares that "the lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord".