Bible Verse: Genesis 5:24 - “And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.”
Enoch is a great character in the Old Testament portion of The Bible that not a whole lot is said about in words, but in substance, well that’s another story! Enoch, by name, takes up on 11 verses in the entire Bible. Do you know how many verses there are in The Bible? There are 31,173 verses in your Bible. That means that Enoch takes up less than one third of one percent of The Bible!
The statement I want you to notice first about Enoch this week is, ‘Enoch walked with God’. I don’t know about you, but I can remember as a child, growing up, almost every evening, as the sun was going down, the entire Family would go for a walk. It usually lasted for around a hour or so. We’d head off one direction, come back another. Many different things would happen on our walks. We’d see things of interest; discover items, places we didn't know were there. We’d meet people. Sometimes one of us would fall, get hurt. Another time we’d get an ice cream, or end up buying chips for tea. But more than anything else, we’d talk. I guess that it was just the relaxed atmosphere, enjoying and soaking up God’s creation, the closeness of family, but we’d begin to talk. And we’d talk about life, stuff that was of concern, actions and reactions…and somehow, Dad would always wind up – what we called – preaching a sermon!
And you know, I read this Verse, “And Enoch walked with God…” and that’s what I picture. I can see Enoch heading out early in the Morning, down a dirt track, heading into some lush vegetation, and it’s not long before he starts talking to God. Walked AND TALKED! Let me ask you…do you have time in your life set aside for God? A time when it’s just you and God alone? Do you commune with Him, as friend with friend? Father to son? Father to daughter? Guardian to guarded? Do you take the time to ‘walk with God’.
The more I ponder such a question, the more I am convinced that the prayer of every Christian today ought to be: ‘Lord, teach us to pray’! I think it’s not so such the matter that we don’t know HOW to pray…as to how much we VALUE our time of prayer!
Has ‘Prayer Time’ turned into a list you run through, like a Baptist Rosary right before you go to sleep? “Bless him, Bless him, bless her and, pray for him, pray for them…, I need this, and I need that…Gimme, gimme, gimme?”
‘Enoch walked with God’ Did you ever wonder where they went? You know, I can bet you I know where they DIDN’T walk!
You don’t ‘Walk with God’ to the Pub!
You don’t ‘Walk with God’ and have a cigarette in your hands!
You don’t ‘Walk with God’ watching three-quarters of what you watch on TV!
You don’t ‘Walk wit God’ when you’re in a location where people are wearing not much more, and many times LESS than what you wear for underwear!
You don’t ‘Walk with God’ when you lose your temper and ‘explode’!
You don’t ‘Walk with God’ when you rebel and disobey your parents!
You don’t ‘Walk with God’ when you rebel against The Bible!
You don’t ‘Walk with God’ and have a cigarette in your hands!
You don’t ‘Walk with God’ watching three-quarters of what you watch on TV!
You don’t ‘Walk wit God’ when you’re in a location where people are wearing not much more, and many times LESS than what you wear for underwear!
You don’t ‘Walk with God’ when you lose your temper and ‘explode’!
You don’t ‘Walk with God’ when you rebel and disobey your parents!
You don’t ‘Walk with God’ when you rebel against The Bible!
Do you have a longing, a sadness when you miss, or shorten your time of Prayer? I’m not bragging, but EVERY SINGLE DAY I set apart one hour to spend with God – it took me awhile to build up to it – and I need to guard it, as the devil likes to try and stir something up to take that time away – but I strive to keep an hour aside a day JUST TO WALK AND TALK with my Lord! Do you have a time like this were, not reading your Bible or anything else, you just pray?
I don’t say this so that folks will come up and pat me on the back, or suddenly decide I’m a better Christian now because I’ve said that! The fact of the matter is, compared to Christians just 60 – 100 years ago, an HOUR was what a busy mother would pray! Spurgeon cautioned new ministers from allowing acongregational prayer going longer that 15 MINUTES, because he considered the Church in his day was becoming Laodicea-cal and could no longer handle that kind of praying!!! That was back in the early 1800’s!
The early Puritans in England would START their services with a THREE-HOUR PRAYER Meeting! And we just, “Thank you Lord for today, bless the music, preaching and offering – Amen!” and we’re done! So much for ‘Independent’, ‘Bible Believing’ and ‘Fundamental’!
‘Enoch walked with God’…‘Enoch walked with God’. Let me ask you again…do you have time in your life set aside for God? A time when it’s just you and God alone? DO you walk with God? To that same place, everyday?
Here is a song titled,"Enoch Walked With God" sung by Jack Marti. It's an awesome unplugged... Enjoy the music and also listen to the lyrics and ask God to guide you in your journey of life.
God Bless Ya!
