[MUSIC "I'VE GOT TO FIND OUT WHO I AM"] (SINGING) I've got to find out who I am. And when I do I know I'll be what I can.

When I find out who I am.

I'll be all I can when I find out who I am.

What we become in this life depends upon our finding the correct answers to the questions, who am I, and what is my purpose on Earth? Why is this life filled with trials and sorrow? The Lord answers these questions for us in the first chapter of the Book of Moses. In speaking to Moses, the Lord used two phrases. The first tells us a great deal about who God is. He said of Himself, "I am the Lord God Almighty, and Endless is my name." What do we learn from that simple sentence? He is the Lord. He has all power. And He is eternal. Then once we know who and what He is, in another short phrase He tells us a great deal about ourselves. To Moses and to all of us He simply says, "thou art my son." How would the knowledge that we are the literal children of God help us know who we are and what we can become?

The Lord has us look first to Him. The more we learn about Him, the better we understand ourselves and our purpose for being here. Let's compare ourselves to this tiny seed. It weighs only 1/600 of an ounce. By looking at the seed alone, who can guess what it can become? For all we know, it could become a weed, a bush, or a tree. This is a giant sequoia, the largest living thing on earth. It is more than 3,000 years old and more than 27 stories high. This is the parent of the seed that weighs only 1/600 of an ounce. The surest way to know what the offspring can become is to learn about the parent. We are the children of God. He is eternal and all powerful. He created all things. From Him we have inherited a divine potential. [MUSIC PLAYING]

As God's children, we have been created in the image of God and in the similitude, or likeness, of His only begotten Son. Knowing we have been created in the likeness of the Savior gives us reason to pattern our lives after Him. Here then are the Lord's answers to the question, who am I? We are children of God with a divine potential. And we are created in the similitude, or likeness, of the Savior. After Moses talked with the Lord, he was left to himself. It was many hours before he regained his natural strength. When he recovered he said, "Now, for this cause I know that man is nothing, which thing I never had supposed." Having learned that we are the children of God created in the similitude of the Son of God, how could Moses say "man is nothing"? Here is one of the greater works of man. This is the work of man at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, one of the smaller works of God. When viewed from space, even the Grand Canyon is no longer visible. From this perspective, the works of men seem pretty insignificant. "Man is nothing" is more a statement of humility and wonder at the power and glory of God than a description of man's worthlessness. Would it be correct to say that this seed is nothing? Contrasted with the size and greatness of the tree, yes. Would it be correct to say that the seed is worthless? Not at all, considering what the seed may become. [MUSIC "I'VE GOT TO FIND OUT WHO I AM"] (SINGING) I know I'll be what I can.

We are sons and daughters of God made in the likeness of His only begotten Son. This belief has the power to direct our choices, shape our lives, and help us reach our divine potential. "I'll be all I can when I find out who I am." [MUSIC PLAYING]