Enoch walked with God

So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him. – Genesis 5v23-24

Enoch is one of those intriguing characters. He is only mentioned three times in scripture yet he leaves us an amazing example and a wonderful testimony. He is not one of the big names of the Bible like Abraham, Joseph, Moses, David, Mary, or Paul but still his is a name that most Bible students would know.

‘Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.’ From Jude we know that Enoch was a prophet who foretold the coming of the Lord with a vast multitude of His saints. According to Hebrews 11 Enoch had this testimony – ‘that he pleased God.’ That same Hebrews passage tells us that God took Enoch to spare him facing death.

Enoch pleased God with His life. Enoch was God’s prophet who foretold the (what we now know is the second) coming of Christ. Enoch walked with God.

Enoch challenges me. Do I please God like he did? Do I proclaim God’s word like he did? Do I indeed walk with God?

Apart from the calling up of the saints God is not going to just take me without facing death. But how about today, the 20^th of September 2009? Will I please God with my life today? Will I walk with God this week? When I die will it be said of me that ‘Roger pleased God with his life’ or ‘Roger walked with God?’

What a challenge.