Our preoccupation with knowing the plans of God

Acts 1:7  "He said to them: 'It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by His own authority.' "

Before His ascension into Heaven, Jesus explained to His disciples that He would be leaving (temporarily) and the Holy Spirit would be coming to them.  As had been the case previously, the disciples desperately wanted to know when the kingdom of Israel would be re-established.  Jesus tells them it is not for them to know the plans of God.

Why is this so hard for us to accept?  Why do we struggle so to make sense of God and to know in advance what His plans are?  Maybe it is part of our "God complex".  We often elevate ourselves to the same level as God, and believe that we should share in the knowledge and power that He has.  We share in His power through grace, but we shouldn't ever confuse this with being God's equal. 

We can also blame the oddly-named "Enlightenment Period" in history.  We became much more brain-centric and fell in love with knowledge during this period.  We believed that all of the mysteries of the world and of life could be solved by using our brains. 

We can never lose sight of the fact that our brains are finite, and we are not God.  In fact, if we think we have figured out a mystery of God (such as the exact date of His return), we can be fairly confident that our answer is wrong.