You can learn a lot about God and humans by reading the Bible but if God is alive today,he's still talking and wants to lead you specifically. Too many times we seek direction from what has been said and that's not necessarily bad at all,but you have specific problems and live in a different time that requires specific direction. I would be much more interested to hear what God is telling you ,than have you tell me what he told someone else.
The problem with "listening to what God has to tell us" is that we are humans and there is an undeniable overwhelming tendency to hear what we want to hear. Which is why I always say, if you want to hear what God has to say read the Bible. "Listening to what God has to Say" is very subjective and dangerous. Very few will "hear" the same. The Bible is never changing, solid as a rock. The Bible is God's word.
