Give Me An Enoch

            And Enoch walked with God: and he was not, for God took him   ( Genesis 5:24 ).

When we study the life of Enoch in Scripture, we will find very little is mentioned of him.  There are only brief passages that mention him.

We can read chapter after chapter on the life of Abraham, the father of Israel.  We can see his great faith demonstrated on Mt. Moriah.  We can envy his travels throughout the Eastern world.  When his time came to die, he was buried.

We can read chapter after chapter on the life of Moses, the great deliverer of Israel.  We see him leading God’s people through the Red Sea.  We see him on Mt. Sinai receiving the Ten Commandments.  We see him doing mighty exploits for God.  When his time came to die, God buried him.

We can read chapter after chapter on the life of Noah, the preacher of righteousness.  We thrill to the building of the Ark, with his accomplishment of saving animals.  When his time came to die, he was buried.

We can read chapter after chapter on the life of Joshua, the military leader of Israel.  We note his great leadership in crossing the Jordan River, and the battle of Jericho.  When his time came to die, he was buried.

We can read chapter after chapter on the life of King David, the sweet singer of Israel.   We read of his great accomplishment  in  defeating  Goliath.    We read about

his failures  and   his   repentance.     When   his   time   came   to   die,   he   was   buried.

We can read chapter after chapter on the life of Solomon, the wisest man that ever lived.  We read about the riches of Solomon and his achievements in building the Temple.

We read of his failures and misfortunes.  When his time came to die, he was buried.
Enoch was not noted for great accomplishments as these other men, yet he walked with God.

He was not noted as a great Temple builder.

He was not noted for constructing an Ark.

He was not noted for his faith on Mt. Moriah.

He was not noted as a sweet singer of Israel.

He was not noted for his great military leadership.

He was not noted for his earthly wisdom.

It was said of Enoch, “He walked with God, and was not, for God took him.”
Other men existed in his day, fathers of arts and sciences, pioneers in the march of civilization, yet Enoch walked with God.  His greatest testimony was that                he walked with God.

He walked in truth.

He walked in righteousness.

He walked in mercy.

He walked in love.

He walked in justice.

He walked in holiness.

He walked with God.   He never walked ahead of God, but  he  walked  with  God.

It wasn’t so much that God chose him, but the fact that he set himself to walk with God.

When God turned to the left, he turned to the left.  When God turned to the right, he turned to the right; he was in step with God.

Things   of   the   world   did   not   please   him,   did   not   move   him,   did   not

hold him.

When it came time for him to die, “He was not” for God took him.

He cheated death.  He walked right on into the glories of Heaven.

There was no grave for Enoch.

There was no funeral for Enoch.

There was no weeping for Enoch.

There was no tombstone which read, “Here lies Enoch.”  He was caught up into Heaven.

God is not looking for Abrahams today.

God is not looking for a Moses.

God is not looking for a Noah.

God is not looking for a David.

God is not looking for a Solomon.

God is looking for some Enoch’s.  He is looking for those who want to walk with Him.  When you walk with  God,  you  see  things  from  a  divine  viewpoint.   When  you

walk with God, the things of this world are meaningless.

I’m walking with God today.

I don’t have time for this world of sin.

I don’t have time for worldly pleasures.

I don’t have time for alcohol.

I don’t have time for drugs.

I don’t have time for the dance hall.

God wants an Enoch!  God wants an Enoch!  “Give me an Enoch” is the cry of God today.

“Give Me someone who will pray.”

“Give Me someone who will fast.”

“Give Me someone who will worship.”

“Give Me someone who will love My Word.”

“Give Me someone who will sing the songs of Zion.”

“Give Me someone who will love the cross.”

“Give Me someone who will shun the sin of this world.”

“Give Me someone who will commune with Me in fellowship.”

I have never been a man of sacrifices.  I have never been a deliverer.  I have never built an Ark.  I have never been a military leader.  I have never been a sweet singer.  I have never been a man of wisdom, but I can be a man who walks with God.

I can be one who will be changed in a moment, in a twinkle of an eye, at the last trump.   I can be one who will walk into the glories  of  Heaven.   I  can  walk  with  God.

No devil can stop me.

No demon can hinder me.

No trial can defeat me.

No man can discourage me.

No sin can entice me.

No weapon can defeat me.

I’m walking with King Jesus.  Come on saints, walk this walk of faith with me today.  Walk with God.  Walk into the glories of Heaven.  Walk on streets of gold.
“Give me an Enoch,” still rings true today.