Many people study the Bible.    Some people learn the original languages in order to study the Bible.  Others buy several versions of the Bible to aid their investigation.  A few people study hermeneutics to safeguard their interpretation.  Others just read and draw conclusions.

Increasingly students of Scripture notice that few of us study the Bible while asking the question, “What does this passage say about God?”   Other issues tend to push aside the discovery about God.  Obstacles tend to get in the way.

*We read Genesis 1 asking questions about the creation, but often we don’t look for what it says about the creator.

*We read the Ten Commandments for moral direction, rather than seeking the moral director.

*We look at the Sermon on the Mount seeking the point, rather than seeking its preacher.

If we want to listen to God’s heartbeat, what better place to look than his book?  Can

you think of a simplier tool than to read a verse and ask, “What does this passage say about God?”

Perhaps instead of calling it Bible study, we can start describing the same process as “listening to God’s heartbeat.”