Daily Devotional

-January 6, 2021-

Good morning, happy Wednesday,

-Enoch Walked With God And Pleased Him-

“After he begot Methuselah, Enoch walked with God three hundred years, and had sons and daughters. So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty five years. And Enoch walked with God; and he was not for God took him” (Genesis 5:22-24).

“By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, ‘and was not found, because God had taken him’; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God” (Hebrews 11:5).

Enoch was one of only two people in the history of the world whom God took home to glory without dying. The other was the the prophet Elijah. Also, he is one of only two men that it says of them that they walked with God. The other was Noah. So we can see that he is in select company in the Scriptures. He is also found in Hebrews chapter 11, the “Hall of Faith” chapter as a man of faith.

His life was a short one compared to others who lived before the flood. His father Jared lived 962 years and his son Methuselah lived the longest life of all 969 years. Thus, Enoch was just a youngster, living only 365 years. But what he lacked in the quantity of years he more than made up for the quality of his years.

He walked with God for 300 years in close fellowship with Him. He grew in his faith, and he pleased God. What a great goal for us to have this New Year to follow his example to walk with and please God each day. Colossians 1:10 says, “That you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work, an increasing in the knowledge of God.” This verse really describes the life of Enoch.

Not only did Enoch walk with God and please God but he spoke for God and served Him. Jude wrote in his short epistle, “Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, ‘Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousand of His saints, to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all their harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him’” Jude 1:14-15).

Thus Enoch was a prophet who spoke of the coming judgment when the Lord Jesus returns to earth with all His saints and pronounces judgment at the Great White Throne. Enoch was unafraid of speaking of sin and the wrath to come on those who reject Christ.

May the Lord help us to walk with God, please God, and speak for God this year. Time is growing short and Christ is coming soon. When the Rapture happens many more than two will be taken up to be the Lord without dying. Every living believer will join Enoch and Elijah. All those who have died with Christ are already with the Lord.

Have a blessed day walking with God and pleasing Him in all you do and say. Stay safe and healthy.

Dean