Walking with God

Genesis 5:24 LSB

Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.

Walking with God includes reconciliation, obedience from the heart, and ongoing faith.

When Scripture speaks of walking with God, it’s referring to one’s manner of life. For example, Paul prayed that the Colossian believers (and us) would be

Colossians 1:9–10 LSB

filled with the full knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and multiplying in the full knowledge of God;

To the Ephesians he said,

Ephesians 4:17 LSB

walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,

Ephesians 5:1–2 LSB

be imitators of God, as beloved children, and walk in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.

The Old Testament describes Enoch as a man who walked with God. Though relatively little is said about this special man, we can derive implications from his life that will help us better understand what it means to walk with God.

First, Enoch’s walk with God implies reconciliation.

Amos 3:3 LSB

Do two men walk together unless they have made an appointment?

Two people can’t have intimate fellowship unless they agree. Obviously Enoch wasn’t rebellious toward God but had been reconciled with Him through faith.

Second, walking with God implies loving service, or obedience from the heart.

2 John 6 LSB

And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.

We obey Christ, but our obedience is motivated by love, not by legalism or fear of punishment.

Third, a godly walk implies continuing or ongoing faith,

2 Corinthians 5:7 LSB

for we walk by faith, not by sight—

Colossians 2:6-7 adds,

Colossians 2:6–7 LSB

Therefore as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, having been firmly rooted and being built up in Him, and having been established in your faith—just as you were instructed—and abounding with thanksgiving.

By grace Enoch believed God and pleased Him all his life.

Thought 1. Do those who know you best see you as one who walks with God? I trust so. After all, that’s the distinguishing mark of a true believer:

1 John 2:6 LSB

the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked.

Suggestions for Prayer: Praise God for granting the reconciliation, faith, and love that enables you and I to walk with Him day by day.