"The Mysteriousness of God"

"He made darkness His secret place; His pavilion round about Him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies." (Psalms 18:11) Whether you follow the Christian faith or any other faith that is out there that believes in The Eternal God, the same principle will apply to how you see God: you do not see Him! This is the whole concept of what faith is predicated upon: you must trust what you have been shown, whether that is from His word or from what you have been told; you must, by faith, believe that it is so. This is what Jesus meant when He said to Thomas, "Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet believe". (John 20:29) Faith is actually more powerful than sight: for our faith takes place in our hearts, whereas sight is something that we settle upon with our eyes. How many people have you heard, say something like, I will believe in God when He shows Himself to me. And yet, if you look around at all that He has created, there is no denying that He exist, and that He has this amazing way of making Himself known within His creations. There will come a day that God reveals Himself fully to all men; but on that day, faith will no longer be an issue, except for the disappointment in men's hearts that they did not have greater faith; but there will be great amazement on that day of who He is, and the greatness of His glory. Why does God hide Himself in such a way? Why doesn't He just shout down from heaven and let everyone alive know that He is there? I do not ask that for my benefit; for these are not questions that I have for myself, because I have no doubt that He there, because He is dwelling within me; but for all the others that say He is not, what about for them? That is the beauty of what it means to believe, and to hold onto something so dear to your heart, that you do not let anyone snatch it away; it becomes personal, and is the kind of relationship that is based upon love and hope; not based upon a religion that tells you what you must believe. His word gives us the blueprint of all that we need to know about Him; but our relationship with Him gives us the true knowledge of who He is, and how much He loves us individually. So, in answer to the questions as to why God does not just reveal Himself; I believe that it is because He wants us to all seek Him and to find Him for ourselves... "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchantman, seeking goodly pearls: who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it." (Matthew 13:44-46)