ABOUT THE BOOK
God speaks to us in various ways. What He says when He speaks is of extreme importance. Do you hear God’s voice? What is He saying? Or perhaps you are asking, “What would He have to say to me?” The psalmist declared, “What is man that You are mindful of him?” (Ps. 8:4). Perhaps along with him, you are asking, “Who am I that You are mindful of me?” Man is the capstone of God’s creation because He “created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them” (Gen. 1:27). Then God gave man a command: “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it” (v. 28).
From the beginning, God has communicated with man in one way or another; perhaps audibly or through visions and dreams, but ultimately through His written Word. If you want to know what God is saying to you, read the Word. In the Bible, from cover to cover, from Genesis to Revelation, God speaks to you. “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work” (2 Tim. 3:16–17). God speaks through His Word to direct you in the way you should live.
If you want to know what God is saying, look around you. Through His creation, God speaks and tells you about Himself: “For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead” (Rom. 1:20). God makes Himself known through all that He has made.
