God is light and love. Those who have fellowship with God are becoming more holy and more loving. But how? We become like God by abiding in Him—experiencing an intimate, close relationship. Abiding is more than a superficial acquaintance. Abiding involves ongoing daily dependence on him. To put it simply, abiding means keeping the words of God in our hearts and minds, so that they are renewing and reviving us, shaping and sanctifying us, filling and forming us.