Surprised by God is a story detailing the relationship that God has built with the author, an ordinary man who has struggled with issues in life that everyone can relate to. The author describes how God, in his own providential and surprising ways, wooed the author to discover the answers to his deep longings for love, truth, freedom, and acceptance. He further endeavours to reveal the wisdom, faithfulness, and unchanging nature of God and how God, through His loving grace, relates to the author as He did to those in ancient biblical history.