Looking for some direction in life? Or maybe some affection? Or perhaps you are struggling to live a holy life? Paul's prayer at the end of 1 Thessalonians 3 teaches us where it is we will find the help we are looking for – God! This is the will of God for you, your sanctification! But be assured, he doesn't leave us to our own devices to reach any great heights of holiness. Instead, he has reached down to us in his Son and made us his own holy and beloved children. And so, even as we are instructed how to walk and to please God, like Paul we can pray with confidence that "he may establish our hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints."