Answer:  Becoming conformed to the image and character of Christ is God's desire for all who come to know Him.  Ephesians 4:14-16 tells us that we become like Christ by growing in our knowledge of Him, "Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful scheming. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ. From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work."  This fact is reiterated once more in 2 Peter 3:17-18, "Therefore, dear friends, since you already know this, be on your guard so that you may not be carried away by the error of lawless men and fall from your secure position. But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen."

Romans 12:1-2 tells us emphatically that this process of filling our minds with the knowledge of God not only brings us closer to being like Christ but it is this process which produces the will of God when become obedient to it, "Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God--this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will. "  Luke 9 sums it up best when he describes to us what Jesus told His disciples, "²² And he said, "The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life." ²³Then he said to them all: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. ²⁴For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it."  God simply wants us to forget about this world and all it's temporary pleasures, and be obedient to God's Word.  Jesus was the living Word (John 1:1ff) and the Bible is God's written Word.

It is important to realize that becoming more like Christ first starts by  receiving Him as Savior from your sins.  Then growing in your knowledge of God by reading your Bible daily, studying it and then being obedient to what it says. This process allows you to grow and occurs over your entire life in Christ. Only when we have entered Heaven for eternity with God does this process reach its culmination.

Let us journey on... being conformed to His image...