Finding out who we actually are--and perhaps fulfilling our potential--turns out to be a more surprising challenge than we could have guessed. But the rewards that the great spiritual teachers suggest will come to us are pretty great, as we realize that God has been doing things for us behind the scenes that we've previously missed. Jumping off with insights from diverse sources like The Harvard Grant Study and the 90s Matt Damon movie Rounders, Dave Schmelzer takes us on a deep dive into the benefits of discovering our identity. Mentioned in this episode: Rounders Explore a new online small group on related themes. For more information, email [email protected] The Harvard Grant Study John Cassian The Peace Prayer of St. Francis Psalm 139:1-4, 6, 13-14, 17You have searched me, Lord, and you know me.You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely...Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain…For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made…How precious to me are your thoughts, God!  How vast is the sum of them!