This week, we will be focusing on Genesis 5:1-32, Death According to God.
Genesis 5 isn't the most encouraging chapter, at least on the surface. The refrain that is repeated over and over in this chapter is "and he died...and he died...and he died...and he died..."
One Bible teacher compared reading Genesis 5 to walking through a cemetery.
But even in the so-called "death chapter" there is hope.
And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him. (5:24)
Walking with God.
Step by step.
Being faithful each day.
That is what God calls us to. Not the "big things." Not the social media "like" posts. Not the Billy Graham-type evangelistic crusades. Not the incredible "miracles," amazing "prophetic words," or "change the world" mission testimonies.
God can certainly do big things through us for His glory.
But what He asks us to do is to walk with Him.
To know Him...to love Him...to commune with Him...to talk with Him...to learn from Him...to journey through life with Him always at our side.
Even in the craziest, busiest, most stressful times of life...and even in a world that is filled with sin, division, and death...God just asks us to walk with Him and to trust Him.
Enoch walked with God.
That is his testimony. Nothing else is mentioned. No miracles. No great acts. No big victories. No incredible feats of faith.
Just a simple, faithful, daily, consistent, loving walk with the Lord.
A walk so close to God that eventually Enoch walked straight into the Lord's presence. The transition was instant...and apparently as natural as any other day in Enoch's life.
Enoch died to himself, walked with the Lord, and found life in a world of death.
May the Lord capture our hearts with His grace and His love and may each day be filled with joyful communion with Him!