Is God really a mystery?

I remember a conversation I once had with a Catholic Monk, years ago when I was a teenager, about the meaning of life and various deep probing questions. He told me about the mysteries of God and life, and then He quoted

Deuteronomy 29:29

“The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.

https://bible.com/bible/114/deu.29.29.NKJV

He went onto tell me how, yes, God is a mystery, but mysteries were made to be solved.

I find myself, like many, searching for the deeper meaning of life, and for purpose and significance.

Then there are the deep questions that cause us to wonder; issues of life, death, and the afterlife.

Where do we go when we die, and when? Is it an immediate transfer from death to eternal life, or is it later on, when Christ returns?

What about our loved ones; parents, grandparents, siblings, children, pets? Will they see and interact with us and vice versa?

What will we do in heaven/eternity? What will we look like?

What about punishment vs rewards?

These and many other questions consume and plague our minds and imaginations.

Many thinkers, philosophers, theologians and scholars have written and spoken much about their personal and/or educated opinions, yet many of these deep, probing questions remain a mystery. The more we learn, the more we inquire and dig for reasonable answers that make sense.

There’s nothing wrong with continuing to ask such questions and seek the answers that might make sense to us, but we need not cling to such opinions, ideologies, theologies, philosophies, etc.

As Moses wrote in Deuteronomy, so we would do well to incorporate into our thinking and in our quests for more, deeper, understanding and knowledge.

When we live our lives in a way that pleases God; which is to seek first, His kingdom, and His righteousness, then we will have everything we need.

It’s good to keep asking, keep seeking, and keep knocking, because then His wisdom, understanding and knowledge will be open to us; to those who continue to thirst for Him.

It is equally important and necessary to continue in God’s word, the Bible, so that we can know the truth and experience the living power of God’s word. It is through the scriptures that the Holy Spirit teaches, convicts, counsels and equips us for life in God’s kingdom, which starts in our hearts.

The longer we continue with God, the more he will open our hearts minds, and souls, to everything he wants us to know. But as Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 13, if I have all knowledge and understanding, but without love, it is meaningless and useless.

Deuteronomy 29:29 NLT
[29] “The Lord our God has secrets known to no one. We are not accountable for them, but we and our children are accountable forever for all that he has revealed to us, so that we may obey all the terms of these instructions.

https://bible.com/bible/116/deu.29.29.NLT