What gave me the idea, I do not know. But I do recall what spurred me to pursue it:

• The cry of David in Psalm 25:4: "Show me your ways, Lord."
• The cry of Moses in Exodus 33:13: "If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you."
• The enigmatic statement in Psalm 103:7: "He [God] made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the people of Israel."

Consider Moses and the Exodus generation of Israelites. They all saw God do the same things, from very subtle acts to stunning wonders. They never had to ask, "Did God do that?" He wrote his signature across each act in letters even the most stiff-necked among them could read. Yet the people never moved beyond seeing God's deeds to understanding his ways.

How tragic! To see God at work and completely miss what he's showing you about himself.

Jesus said, "My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working" (John 5:17). That's as true the day you read this as it was when Jesus declared it. For our part, we can completely miss our Lord's acts, attributing what he has done to someone or something else. Or, we can see and acknowledge that he has done it.

We who are Christians may pat ourselves on the back for recognizing God's works. Yet if we stop there, we camp where the generation that exited Egypt ended up. The true stories in Exodus and Numbers make clear: It's not a good idea to stop where they stopped.

Recognizing as much, I began to echo Moses' and David's prayer, "Show me your ways, Lord." Then, at a moment I don't recall, the Spirit of God began to highlight the "God who ..." phrases in Scripture. And I began to see: Again and again, such phrases reveal God's works. But as we respond to our Lord deep within, receiving what he communicates Spirit-to-spirit, those phrases also reveal his ways.

Searching concordances, I found and recorded page after page of "God who ..." phrases, mostly from the New International and New American Standard translations. Some phrases are unique - appearing only once in Scripture. Some phrases appear again and again. Some offer to teach us in our inmost being what we already acknowledge with our heads. Some startle us with new insights.

A while after creating my "God Who" Scripture list, I filed it away. Recently, I ran across it, pulled it out and read through it. I felt deeply refreshed and revived, like a thirsty person taking a long drink from an ice-cold spring.

Now I'm sipping from the spring, writing blog posts about different aspects of God's ways as I savor one or more of these phrases. You're welcome to sip along with me. Just click through and read any of the posts in the ongoing God Who series.

And now also, I invite you to dive headlong into the ways of God by participating, spirit, soul and body in the reading below. This reading does not include all the "God who ..." phrases in Scripture. Rather, it sweeps you up in the flow, as your Lord reveals his ways in his Word.

Ready to learn from him whose ways are past finding out? Open your spirit to the Spirit of God, engage your mind and emotions - and read the whole reading aloud in one sitting. Don't worry about the designations for "readers" and "choirs." Do skip over the Scripture references. They're included so you can go back later and look up anything you'd like to see in context.

To add to the richness, do the reading again with a group. You'll notice things you didn't when the only voice speaking was yours. To prepare, gather a few friends. Enlist three as the "Readers," and divide the entire group into three "Choirs." Don't make it hard: Even one or two people can be a choir - and no one has to sing.

Before reading alone or with others, ask sincerely, "Lord, teach me your ways." While reading, don't get hung up on doing it perfectly. Relax and receive. Notice the statements that particularly impact your spirit. Later, you may want to look up those statements and invite God to show you more.

Oh, and one more thing: Beloved of God, be blessed to see his works, from the tiniest to the mightiest. But more, be blessed to seek God with a pure heart, as Moses and David did - and to find to your delight that your Lord shows you his ways.