Walking With God
“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)
Today’s Morsel: Walking with God requires a lifetime of commitment. It requires you to do what you said that you would do no matter if others do it or not. Walking with God is about love for what He has done for you. It’s about staying focused on where you are now headed as you cannot reach heaven without a consistent walk with God. It is amazing to me how that twelve men who were chosen by God as His disciples, committed themselves to Him and were willing to give their lives to Him and for Him in such a short period of time. I have listened and seen many who have committed themselves to Christ and are walking with Him. Scripture says that Enoch was sixty-five years old when he begat Methuselah. But then he walked with God for three hundred years afterwards. Three-hundred years of commitment. Three-hundred years of obedience to God and for God. And the writer of Hebrews tells us: “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 this 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)Enoch’s life reveals to us what it takes to walk with God. His life pleased God. Do you know how to make your life please God? The writer of Hebrews again shed some light on this topic: “But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.” (Hebrews 13:16) And Paul tells us: “As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.” (Galatians 6:10)there’s just something about doing what is good that pleases God.
Sing: I thought number one, would surely be me; I thought I could be whatever I wanted it to be. I thought I could build on life’s sinking sand, but I can’t even walk without You holding my hand.
Lord, I can’t even walk without You holding my hand, you see the mountains too high and the valleys too wide. Down on my knees, that’s where I learn to stand, and I can’t even walk without You holding my hand.
Thought For Today: Commitment to excellence begins with one step toward God.
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