All believers aspire to grow in godliness, but all believers also know such growth in grace is a great challenge—sometimes a war, sometimes a storm, sometimes a struggle. The Bible recognises that sanctification is war, but it offers us hope—hope of victory in the war for growth in godliness. Psalm 119:9–16 focuses on this theme of sanctification. It assures us that God desires our sanctification, warns us that we cannot manufacture our own sanctification, and points us to the divine means of sanctification.