Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Where do I begin? This is the first words in the bible and one would think that this is a good place to begin. I’ve read the bible over and over and I know my God and I will begin at the beginning.

Exodus 3:1-3 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.

The beginning was a burning bush moment. In this moment, God revealed Himself to Moses. Moses in response says, “I have to check this out.” The first move was on God’s part but man has a responsibility to react to that moment. The result of that response by Moses is the first five books of the bible.

Exodus 34:27 And the Lord said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.

It is by these revealed words of God that we have the beginnings of a written record of all the things necessary to identify, understand, and communicate with God. It is important to note here that this revelation did not come to be written until after Israel had been set free.

It is the same way with us as individuals. God reveals Himself, we seek Him, He sets us free and then and only then are all the mysteries of the Kingdom revealed to us.

Isaiah 44:6 Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.

I’ve been asking myself ever since the first week of January 2017 what subject I would exhaust just as I have attempted with “Communicating with God”. It occurred to me that I jumped right into the Gospel of Jesus Christ without giving my readers an opportunity to understand “Why this God?”

Here in Isaiah it is plain this God of Israel declares there is no other God. The first of the Ten Commandments states in Exodus 20 that they are to have no other gods besides Him. That little g god is an object of worship. We can all understand the concept of do not worship cars, houses, money or position. When it comes to identifying the big G God, there are some in the world that would argue that there are other gods to be worshipped or that the God of Israel is a false God and God has a different name.

I never have and I never will explore those possibilities. I will not speak to any alternative religion. I will only testify of the God of Isaiah 44:6, the One God, the True God, the only God.

Why this God?

John 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

He has made Himself known to me in a deeply personal way that only God Himself could do. I know this Lord God King of Israel. He is my God, He is my Lord, He is my King. I will not bear witness to any other, nor will I waste my time or yours speaking of any other possibility.