God... can't make us grow

Bruce C. Hafen: So we must willingly give everything, because God Himself can’t make us grow against our will and without our full participation. Yet even when we utterly spend ourselves, we lack the power to create the perfection only God can complete. Our all by itself is still only almost enough—until it is finished by the all of Him who is the “finisher of our faith.” [Heb. 12:2; see also Moro. 6:4] At that point, our imperfect but consecrated almost is enough.

(April 2004 General Conference, Sunday Afternoon Session)