Moses 1:39

Question

How does the statement that we “are everything to God” help you better understand His love for you?
How have you felt God’s “great desire” to help you reach your potential?

Scripture

39 For behold, this is my work and my glory—to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.

Moses 1:39

Quote

[W]hile we may look at the vast expanse of the universe and say, “What is man in comparison to the glory of creation?” God Himself said we are the reason He created the universe! His work and glory—the purpose for this magnificent universe—is to save and exalt mankind. In other words, the vast expanse of eternity, the glories and mysteries of infinite space and time are all built for the benefit of ordinary mortals like you and me. Our Heavenly Father created the universe that we might reach our potential as His sons and daughters.
This is a paradox of man: compared to God, man is nothing; yet we are everything to God. While against the backdrop of infinite creation we may appear to be nothing, we have a spark of eternal fire burning within our breast. We have the incomprehensible promise of exaltation—worlds without end—within our grasp. And it is God’s great desire to help us reach it.

President Dieter F. Uchtdorf