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In our quest to discover more of who we are and more of who God is, it is natural that we will come up against the unknown—the mysterious and often unanswerable. Even the apostle Paul referred to the mystery of Christ twenty-one times in his epistles. But perhaps it was Job who said it best when he wrote,

Do you think you can explain the mystery of God?

Do you think you can diagram God Almighty?

God is far higher than you can imagine,

far deeper than you can comprehend,

Stretching farther than earth’s horizons,

far wider than the endless ocean. (Job 11:7–9, MSG)

Jesus often used parables to peel back the great mysteries of the kingdom of God. He started almost all His stories with “The kingdom of God is like …” or “The kingdom of heaven is like …” and then went on to expound truth to listening crowds. These parables are simple, enabling us to relate the gospel to our everyday lives, even today, by talking of farming and fishing, vineyards and seed sowing. Yet they are also profound and layered with wonderful mysteries. We can find varying interpretations of every single one online at the click of a button.

Life with Jesus is filled with possibilities, and when we enter into relationship with Him, we enter into a world of wonderful secrets and revealed truth, especially when it comes to things beyond human understanding.

The statement “There is more” could not be truer about anything than that which we experience in the Christian life. There is more to know, there is more to understand, and there is more to come. The more we know about God and His Word, the more we realize we don’t yet know. Layer after layer, mystery after mystery, treasure after treasure, indeed more after more is revealed to us when seeking Him is our prize.