the mysterious

The apostle Paul describes our walk with God as a mystery (he mentions it several times in Ephesians).

It seems to me that the more you know, the more you don't know. He gives us what we can only barely handle; only what our minds can take hold of - and then He blitzes the mind, blowing it into a million pieces and we're left feeling, understandably, like our minds have been obliterated by the magnitude of the Glory of God.

Revelation must then be paired with faith. For as much as we know, there surely is more that we cannot comprehend. Certainty hand in hand with uncertainty, the concrete act of God and the invisible nature of His presence, knowing completely and yet still knowing nothing.

So is the conundrum of our faith. Understanding it would seem, must be accompanied by mystery.

This is either extremely frustrating to me or completely captivating. I can't figure it out - but praise God because He knows exactly what we need.