When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became an adult, I put an end to childish ways. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known. And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love. (1Corinthians 13: 11-13)

We cannot - in our present condition - fully know God's intention. God's intention is beyond our understanding. As a child cannot fully comprehend the adult world, so we are limited in our understanding of the wholeness of God.

But we can have confidence and courage in our childlike relationship with God (and with each other). We can behave expectantly and positively with God (and with each other). We can love God and each other.

Knowledge will come. According to Paul this knowledge will be epignosko, an especially intimate, accurate, and complete knowing. But even this will not exceed the value of love. To love is to experience the wholeness of God.