Enoch Walked With God

“ENOCH WALKED WITH GOD”

In the fifth chapter of Genesis there is the story of Enoch. He was one of the Old Testament prophets who really knew what it meant to be empowered by the Spirit of God. In verse 24, there is a simple statement which I think sums up what I have tried to say this morning. It is the epitaph which Moses wrote in praise of Enoch.

"He walked with God and he was not, for God took him."

"'He walked with God!' Could grander words be written?

Not much of what he thought or said is told:

Not where or what he wrought is even mentioned;

'He walked with God' - brief words of fadeless gold!

"Such be the tribute of thy pilgrim journey,

When life's last mile thy feet have bravely trod,

When thou hast gone to all that there awaits thee,

This simple epitaph: 'He walked with God!'"

(J. Danson Smith)