Walking With God

In Genesis chapter 5, we read the accounts of several men who lived out their lives in relative obscurity. None of these men were written about much in this chapter...most of them only have two or three verses to their credit. But the truth of the matter is that each of these men were used by God to bring His truth to the next generation. How do we know this? Two reasons.

First is found in verse 24, where we are told that Enoch walked with God. He was one who understood who God was, and as a result, God took him to heaven before he could taste death. This man, as close to the Lord as he would have walked, most certainly would have passed this love of God on to his kids. This passion for God could have only come from a parent who taught him of this God and how He worked on behalf of Adam and his decedents after him.

The second is found in verse 32 where we find the first mention of Noah. We know from chapters 6-10 that Noah loved God deeply and walked Him. Of all the people on the face of the earth at the time, no one sought after God except for Noah. This could have come from God speaking directly to Noah, but I would venture to guess that Noah knew about God from his family's history. I'm sure that the stories of Adam, Enoch and others would have worked their way down to Noah to the point that he placed his whole faith in God.

God honored that faith and chose Noah out of all the people on the earth to spare from the disastrous flood that was coming upon the world. We are told that Noah, too, walked with God and found favor with Him.

So let me ask you a question today...how's your walk with God? Are you seeking after Him? Are you following Him with all of your heart, mind, soul and strength? Do you love Him to the point that you will obey Him no matter what he asks you to do? Have you given everything to Him? These are important questions, because if we can't answer these, then we must decide who we are and just who we are following, because if it isn't God, then it is ourselves.

Feel free to leave a comment below on how seek to walk with God on a daily basis. It might just help someone else who reads this get an idea on how they can walk with God more closely.

And we'll see you on Sunday!