Walking with God

Enoch was a man who walked with God and who pleased God.  He appears in Genesis chapter 5 and then amongst the great men and women of faith in Hebrews 11.  We don’t know much about him but what we do know about him can be very helpful to us in our Christian life. 

Enoch walked with God for over 300 years.  It says in the Amplified Bible that he walked in habitual fellowship with God. Then in Hebrews it says that Enoch pleased God.  The two things must surely be connected.

Our Christian life is often called our walk.  A walk implies three things: progress is being made, the progress is at a steady pace (not stop – start, running, hopping or skipping) and it is a voluntary act, no one makes you.  If we think of Enoch for 300 years he voluntarily, in habitual fellowship made progress with God.  What a testimony.

Too often our Christian walk can be a very stop – start affair with many diversions and comfort breaks where we take comfort in things other than the things of God.  But God is so patient with us and though he will never make us or drag us along the path, he will persistently encourage us to make progress through habitual fellowship with him.  This takes time to learn but God never gives up. 

Can I encourage you to not give up on God or yourself even if the road you are walking at the moment is bumpy and hard?  God is with you, he never leaves you and if you place your hand in his, he will give you the strength to walk the path and the love and encouragement to stand up and start making progress again.