Genesis Chapter Five
And Enoch walked with God three hundred years after he fathered Methuselah. And he fathered sons and daughters. And all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. And Enoch walked with God, and then he was not, for God took him.
(Gen 5:22-24)
Walking with God
Twice in this passage we are told that Enoch “walked with God”. This phrase in the Hebrew contains in it the idea of NEARNESS to God. Sometimes my wife and I go walking, and I often end up walking out ahead of her because my legs are a little longer and I move a little faster. If we want to really “walk together”, then it takes a bit of effort on each of our parts. I have to watch how fast Melissa is walking, and how wide her step is, and adjust mine accordingly.
So it is when we walk with God. We need to make sure that we are in step with Him, watching every move He makes, matching our stride up with His…
We don’t want to run out ahead of God. Sometimes we do this, we are right there walking with Him, and then we get an Idea of where he is going and we run right out there in front of Him. It’s like we are saying, “look what I’m gonna do for God!” He wants to lead us, not for us to lead Him.
Other times we grow lazy, and we begin to lag behind… we start to allow things to slip, and before you know it, God is out of sight… We want to stay diligent to keep really tight with Him. When we begin to neglect time spent with Him, we begin to slip!
The other danger is turning off the path to the left or the right. When God gives a clear command and we choose not to obey it, we are no longer walking with Him; our paths have taken different directions. It all comes down to walking by faith… Can we trust that the Lord knows what’s best for us? The best direction, the best pace, the best route… Enoch WALKED WITH GOD. He didn’t try and plan out his own way, but instead followed the Lord, and what HE wanted for Enoch. Let’s follow his example!
And Enoch walked with God three hundred years after he fathered Methuselah. And he fathered sons and daughters. And all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. And Enoch walked with God, and then he was not, for God took him.
(Gen 5:22-24)
Walking with God
Twice in this passage we are told that Enoch “walked with God”. This phrase in the Hebrew contains in it the idea of NEARNESS to God. Sometimes my wife and I go walking, and I often end up walking out ahead of her because my legs are a little longer and I move a little faster. If we want to really “walk together”, then it takes a bit of effort on each of our parts. I have to watch how fast Melissa is walking, and how wide her step is, and adjust mine accordingly.
So it is when we walk with God. We need to make sure that we are in step with Him, watching every move He makes, matching our stride up with His…
We don’t want to run out ahead of God. Sometimes we do this, we are right there walking with Him, and then we get an Idea of where he is going and we run right out there in front of Him. It’s like we are saying, “look what I’m gonna do for God!” He wants to lead us, not for us to lead Him.
Other times we grow lazy, and we begin to lag behind… we start to allow things to slip, and before you know it, God is out of sight… We want to stay diligent to keep really tight with Him. When we begin to neglect time spent with Him, we begin to slip!
The other danger is turning off the path to the left or the right. When God gives a clear command and we choose not to obey it, we are no longer walking with Him; our paths have taken different directions. It all comes down to walking by faith… Can we trust that the Lord knows what’s best for us? The best direction, the best pace, the best route… Enoch WALKED WITH GOD. He didn’t try and plan out his own way, but instead followed the Lord, and what HE wanted for Enoch. Let’s follow his example!
1 comment:
That would be weird to have a brother that was 300 hundred years older than you. Plus they had probably had a kid and he or she was probably like 150 or something!!! AWKWARD!!!!!!!!
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