A little child told Enoch’s story like this: “Enoch was a man that used to go for walks with God. One day they went for an extra long walk, and they walked on, and on, and on, until God said to Enoch, ‘You are a long way from home; you would better just come in and stay.’ And he went in!’” What a simple, sweet way to remember Enoch’s amazing relationship with God.Only two people have ever skipped death: Enoch and Elijah. God just brought them both Home.
And only two people have ever been commended for their “walk” with God: Enoch and Noah (Genesis 6:9). Abraham is most famous for the long walk he literally took as he obeyed God’s command to: “arise, walk around the land” (Genesis 13:17) and, “Walk before Me and be blameless” (Genesis 17:1). He was called a “friend of God.”
Friends walk alongside one another.
What another beautiful thought. Consider this: God also walks. In Exodus God walked ahead of the people in a pillar of cloud (Exodus 13:21) and later, Moses assured the people that, “God walks before you; He will not release you nor will He abandon you,” (Deut. 31:8). God’s desire is for all of us to love Him in such a way as to truly walk with Him. We are to speak of His teachings “when you sit in your homes and when you walk on the way.” (Deut. 6:7) The God who made a way for you to draw near to him through Jesus wants you to walk with him along that way.
Who dwells with and draws near to God? David asked and answered the same question:
Lord, who may dwell in your sacred tent?
Who may live on your holy mountain?The one whose walk is blameless,
who does what is righteous,
who speaks the truth from their heart
Let us be those women today. Women of the Word, the Way, and the Walk.
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