Across the freeway from the tiny community of Perry, Oregon is a high cliff.  If you're traveling north on the freeway and scan the cliff to your left, you'll likely see mountain goats.  They like those cliffs because there is plenty of greenery for them to eat; and predators, like cougars, don't go there.  It's perfect goat habitat.

Thousands of people pass that cliff daily, but few see the mountain goats.  You have to be looking for them.  If you're looking for them, you'll find them.  They're the white spots on the mountain.

My grandson, Benjamin, goes looking for killdeer nests.  Because of their perfect camouflage, they're extremely difficult to find.  The nest is a slight depression on the ground, and the eggs look like the stones and soil that surround them.  Because of intent searches, he has found three this spring, checks them daily to monitor the progress of the developing eggs, and rejoices with the mother when the chicks hatch and follow her off.

The truths of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ are like that.  If you're looking for them, you'll find them, and you'll rejoice when you do.  You'll find them in the way and in the hour that the Lord wants you to find them, but if you're not looking, you may well miss them.

It's like the sunrise that I'm experiencing at this moment.  Each morning finds me here in my chair beside the big window, wrapped up in my blanket, with the general conference issue of the Ensign or the scriptures on my lap.  I sit down here as the day is dawning.  I have a prayer, thanking the Lord for a restful night, my strength and my health, and ask that the Holy Ghost might teach me what I need to know and who I need to help.

As I read, I watch the dawn.  I know exactly when the sun will appear.  On the longest day of the year the sun will give its first flash of light at 5:17 on the right hand flank of China Cap peak in the Wallowa Mountains across the valley.  Sometimes I see spectacular things.  I see them because I'm looking for them.  Sometimes I have to throw my blanket aside and run for my camera.  There are breaks in the clouds.  The sun, which is still below the horizon, is able to shine through the breaks onto the bottoms of the clouds.  The result is an eastern sky full of yellow, red, orange, and pink mixed with the blue of the sky.

I wish my family could see this.  I wish everyone in the world could see this.  It will only last a few minutes.  I get to see it because every morning I'm looking.

In my lap is the general conference issue of the Ensign magazine.  I find great treasures there, because I'm looking for them.

President Nelson says, "In coming days, it will not be possible to survive spiritually without the guiding, directing, comforting, and constant influence of the Holy Ghost."  (Ensign, May 2018, 96).

If the world isn't awake and looking for this wisdom and counsel, they're going to miss it.  Missing it will be fatal.

President Nelson also said that "grand possibilities and privileges (await) those who listen with the intent to obey."  (Ensign, Oct. 2016, 31).

We must not only be looking, but listening, too.  We must look and listen with the intent to obey.

Henry B. Eyring says that, "You are ... entitled through your worthiness to receive revelation to help with your righteous endeavors."  (Ensign, Nov. 2018, 91).  There's a treasure of knowledge the world is missing.

He also says that "You can qualify to speak in the sacred name of God."  (Ibid, and also D&C 1:20).

Robert C. Gay says, "The power of His Atonement is the power to overcome any burden in our life."  This a secret worth knowing.  Pity those who have missed this knowledge.  People are struggling under their burdens, feeling sorry for themselves, and perhaps even feeling smothered, not realizing that "these struggles, although difficult, often become our greatest teachers."  (Neil L. Andersen, Ensign, Nov. 2018, 84).

Neil L. Andersen says, "Remember, repentance is powerful spiritual medicine."  (Ibid, 85).  That's medicine we all need to take, frequently and immediately.  Matthew L. Carpenter adds that "it is never a good idea to procrastinate your repentance."  (Ensign, Nov. 2018, 102).

Jeffrey R. Holland counsels us to "go instantly and do the thing which you might never have another chance to do."  (Ensign, Nov. 2018, 79).

He also tells us that "old grievances have long since exceeded their expiration date, (Ibid, 78), and that "anger, if not restrained, is frequently more (destructive) than the injury that provokes it."  (Ibid, 77).

I could go on and on about the treasures that I'm looking for and finding, but I must stop.

Elder Gerrit W. Gong best makes my point about looking.  He says, "The light will come when we desire and seek it."  (Ensign, Nov. 2018, 41).

Desire is the key.  Alma says, "I know that he granteth unto men according to their desire..."  (Alma 29:4).

If we want to see the goats, we have to be looking for them.

If we want to find hidden nests and rejoice in the successful hatching of the killdeer eggs, we have to spend time in a concentrated search.

If we want to see magnificent sunrises, we have to get up early and be on hand when the sun comes up.

If we want to learn the truths of the restored gospel and be fortified against the coming scourges, we need to go looking for these treasures of knowledge.