Day 1 - 21 Days of Prayer & Fasting 2026

Day 1 - How God has spoken?

God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, 2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; 3 who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, 4 having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. (Hebrews 1:1-4)

In theological terms God has revealed himself in a couple of ways. The first and more general way is through what we would call “General Revelation.” This is when God uses creation and his handiwork to show us something about himself. For instance, because the world has creative design, is organized and follows basic laws of nature that remain constant we can deduce that God is a God of creativity and order! When we look at the vast ocean or a high mountain range or the expansive universe we see the infinite nature of God. 

When we stop and breathe a prayer out of our lungs, or we pause to thank God for our food, or we say a prayer of thanksgiving for safety following a close call on the highway we are acknowledging this revelation of creation and our material existence and experience. 

There is also a more specific way that God reveals himself to us. He does this through the Holy Scriptures and through the person of Jesus Christ. We call it “Special Revelation.” 

The inspired word of God, specifically the Old Testament, is a compilation of writers who God spoke to and through. In Hebrews chapter one the author describes how this method was the preferred way that God had spoken to mankind but that now he has chosen to speak through Jesus! God literally became human so that he could reveal himself to us in a very real and personal way!

Over the next few days we are going to look at the specific ways that God spoke through the prophets. And we will eventually also look at some of the new testament writings as well. Both the apostles and the prophets had something to say to us from God. But the most specific way that God has revealed himself is through the person of Jesus! 

My prayer for today is that God would use his word to speak to you today. Wherever you open your Bible, may God speak to you! But I also pray that the person of Jesus would become real to you. May “the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person” become so real to you that Jesus assumes his rightful place in your life! As the King of your life! As your Lord and Savior! Amen!