We are children of God. As the Father of our spirits, he loves us. We dwelt with him for ages before we came to this earth. He knows each of us, better than we know ourselves. This is why he came up with the plan of salvation, by which we may become like him. This is why he asked his firstborn, Jesus, to provide an atonement for our sins. This is why he has given us scripture, prophets, the church, prayer, and all of the other blessings that lead us to worship Him in truth and righteousness.
The knowledge that I am a spiritual child of God lifts me. It gives me hope and comfort when life is hard. It gives me a goal, which is to live and behave as a child of God should behave. It makes me understand that all men are literally brothers, who deserve respect and love, and that all women are literally sisters worthy of the greatest respect and honor. It gives me hope when I am not able to obey the gospel as well as I should, because just as no human parent would fault a toddler who stumbles when trying to learn to walk, so our Father looks on us in love and excuses our errors, so long as we are sincere in our attempts to follow him.
Lastly, just as any child grows to be the same kind of being as its parents, we too have the capacity to become like our Heavenly Parents, Gods and Goddesses, and heirs to all of the power, glory, and characteristics of our Father.
If we accept the atonement and are obedient to our Father in all things, repenting when we fall short, we will become like him. We will have numberless spirit children of our own, and create worlds on which they may dwell, and our work and our glory will be the salvation and eternal life of our children.
What greater motivation to love and obey him could we have than this knowledge that we are his children?
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