Category: 4

4 “Enoch walked with God, and he was not found, for God took him.”

 Genesis 5:24

 Such was the simplicity and faithful walk of the believer Enoch that he did not die but was translated straight to heaven by God. He did not have to experience the cold hand of death but was glorified straight in his body to the presence of God. We wonder at the kind of life he must have led to be blessed in such an unusual way. We can think of many worthy believers that we have read about and yet they went down into the experience of death as we all must do, except this faithful saint in early Bible times who walked with God.

 Enoch lived his whole life and Christian walk in the felt presence of Christ for he expected a Saviour promised from the beginning of the history of time. He never wavered in his obedience to the holy Word and knew the way of God and walked daily in it. He prayed in the presence of God at all times and never thought or went anywhere that would cause him to deviate from that holy place.

His whole day was spent in prayer even as he involved himself in activities, yet God was always there with him. His conscious life enabled him to always be God-centered and ever present in the Word of God. His life was conscious thought of God and to be obedient every moment to the truth he knew.

 What do we spend our days thinking about and involving ourselves in? Do we have desire after the presence of God in our life, motivating us to obedience and love? Such is the daily walk of the true-hearted believer who loves the Lord with all their body, soul and spirit and all their strength is involved in keeping close to their loving God.