The Faith of Enoch

     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 KJV)

We do not read much about this man known as Enoch, but what we read is amazing. He walked with God and God one day took him. Only two men have ever been taken up without experiencing death, Enoch and Elijah.

We see that Enoch walked with God for 365 years. We should ask ourselves what it means to walk with God. Walking with God implies fellowship, agreement. One must be in agreement with God if one is to fellowship with Him. Can two walk together unless they are agreed? (Amos 3:3).

If we understand who God is-that He is transcendent, holy, sinless, then we also will desire to walk in holiness. We will love what He loves, and hate what He hates, and it will show by our attitudes and actions 

This is the message of 1John 1:5-7. God is light. There is no darkness in Him. Therefore if we say we have fellowship with God, yet are walking in darkness we are being dishonest, we stand in opposition to Him. Those who walk in light are the ones who are truly in fellowship with Him 

We read in Hebrews that faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1). A few verses later we read this about Enoch,

     By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had the testimony, that he pleased God.

     But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

                      (Hebrews 11:5-6 KJV)

Ultimately it starts with faith. We read that it is impossible to please God without it. All of our efforts and intentions mean nothing without a firm trust in, and an adherence to God. Whatever is not of faith is sin (Romans 14:23).

If we are to come to God, we must believe that He exists. And if God exists, we must rid ourselves of ourselves and pursue Him. The above verse states that God rewards those who diligently seek Him. To diligently seek God goes far above the mere asking for things. To seek God in this context is to seek God Himself, because He is worthy. He must become our greatest treasure, the one thing we desire above all else. This is where are true contentment is found. We can be absolutely destitute but have God, and in that we have everything.

One thing I have desired of the LORD, that will I seek after, that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.

                              (Psalm 27:4 KJV)