Colossians 2:1-5

Colossians 2:1-5
English Standard Version (ESV)

  We're accustomed to being able to solve problems, to figure things out.  If we sit down and think on something long enough, we can usually find a solution, a way forward -- it's rare that a problem doesn't have a solution.  Although there are certainly some out there that have eluded answers -- The Clay Mathematics Institute set out seven math problems in 2000, and six of them remain unanswered. 
  What I love about faith is the aspect that some of it simply cannot be known.  The mystery of Christ and of the Trinity is beyond what our minds can fathom.  We are knit together in love, as Paul says, and there are riches of assurance and understanding of God's mystery, but we can't completely grasp it -- eternity is simply beyond what our limited minds are capable of grasping.  There are treasures of wisdom and knowledge that are bigger than us, and so we reach our minds forward and we fail, despite learning about God and growing closer. 
  I believe that we will discover much when we reach God's final kingdom, when our minds are no longer limited by time and space and we can look upon the throne of God with confidence that comes only from having been declared worthy by Jesus Christ.  In those days, we will understand the full riches of the Kingdom of God, and we will know and be known as never before.
  Until then, we can lose ourselves in the mystery, confidant that the God who is hidden from our full knowledge chooses not only to reveal  himself to us but also to show us mercy beyond what we deserve or can imagine.