Enoch walked with God

And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. – Genesis 5.21-24

Enoch is one of those rare characters who pops up in the Bible, makes a big impression, and then disappears. In this case he literally disappeared.

Enoch’s life starts out like all the rest. He was born, he lived so many years, he had sons and daughters, but then something different happens.

Enoch walked with God, and he was not; for God took Him.

What an interesting scenario. This chap was going on his way – but he was different because he ‘walked with God.’ Later in Hebrews we read that he was taken up by God because he walked by faith and that he pleased God. Jude tells us that Enoch was a prophet who prophesied about the return of Christ.

Enoch was so special that God chose to just take him out of this world without seeing death. He spared him the pain and stress of dying.

I don’t know when Jesus is coming back. He may very well spare me death through taking me out at the rapture.

But what I really desire is the testimony Enoch had. I want it to be said of me that ‘Roger walked with God’ and ‘Roger pleased God.’

Do our lives reflect an Enoch like faith?