What does it mean to walk with God? Many of us regularly talk with Him, but to literally walk with God seems to imply going in the same direction.
"Then Enoch walked with God three hundred years after he became the father of Methuselah, and he had other sons and daughters. So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him." (Genesis 5:22-24)
What changed in Enoch's life after the birth of his son, Methuselah? How did he "walk with God"? And perhaps even more mysterious is the mention that "he was not, for God took him".
Despite the many questions about the great-grandfather of Noah, Enoch obviously was a man intimately acquainted with his Creator. His abbreviated life was one of walking in the same direction as God, which is of immensely greater value than a long life lived selfishly.
Where would a "walk with God" take us today? Would the path be familiar or radically different than we are accustomed to? Would the walk take us to people that we often associate with, or to complete strangers who are very unlike us?
The walk with God will likely take us down an obscure path that can only be entered through a very narrow gate. Scattered along the path will be those who are hurting and in need; the outcasts of society. It's unlikely that the walk with God will take us down the major highways into the heart of the glamour, glitz, and success of today's world.
I enjoy my regular talk with God, but walking with Him poses some real challenges. I like the comfort and routine of my walk while His walk seems unsettling and uncomfortable. But it is a walk WITH HIM, which overrides anything else of perceived importance or priority. It is only wholehearted love for our Father that causes us to yearn for a walk with Him at the expense of personal preference and desire.
May we enjoy the blessings of His presence today which can only be found through walking side by side with Him.
Steve
"Then Enoch walked with God three hundred years after he became the father of Methuselah, and he had other sons and daughters. So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him." (Genesis 5:22-24)
What changed in Enoch's life after the birth of his son, Methuselah? How did he "walk with God"? And perhaps even more mysterious is the mention that "he was not, for God took him".
Despite the many questions about the great-grandfather of Noah, Enoch obviously was a man intimately acquainted with his Creator. His abbreviated life was one of walking in the same direction as God, which is of immensely greater value than a long life lived selfishly.
Where would a "walk with God" take us today? Would the path be familiar or radically different than we are accustomed to? Would the walk take us to people that we often associate with, or to complete strangers who are very unlike us?
The walk with God will likely take us down an obscure path that can only be entered through a very narrow gate. Scattered along the path will be those who are hurting and in need; the outcasts of society. It's unlikely that the walk with God will take us down the major highways into the heart of the glamour, glitz, and success of today's world.
I enjoy my regular talk with God, but walking with Him poses some real challenges. I like the comfort and routine of my walk while His walk seems unsettling and uncomfortable. But it is a walk WITH HIM, which overrides anything else of perceived importance or priority. It is only wholehearted love for our Father that causes us to yearn for a walk with Him at the expense of personal preference and desire.
May we enjoy the blessings of His presence today which can only be found through walking side by side with Him.
Steve
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