“By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God.” Hebrews 11:5

There’s not a whole lot that is said concerning Enoch in the scriptures. Yet what little is said I’ve always found interesting. A man seems to have accomplished the impossible, he has pleased God to such a degree that God takes him without him ever seeing death. Genesis 5:24 says “Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.”. What exactly does it mean that he  “walked with God”? How does one go about it? Enoch lived in a time predating the Bible and even the Law. There was no Israel at this point in history either so clearly its not devoting more time to study, attending more church services, or performing works. To walk with God is to live your entire life with Him, to walk in a constant relationship with Christ. Its what Christ and the apostles refer to when they say “abide in Christ”. Its learning to live your life moment by moment in the Presence of God, lead by the Holy Spirit. Walking with God means that your ultimate goal in life is to get as close to your Lord and Savior as you possibly can. It means you’ve counted the cost and have determined that sacrificing everything is a small price to pay to obtain the riches found in God and the understanding of His nature and ways. It means you’ve made God your first love and the ultimate desire of your heart. Its behaving in a way that is in accord with Gods character and making decisions that will keep you close to Him and avoiding the wrong choices that you know are presented by the enemy in an attempt to draw you away. All because of your love for the Lord.

There is no shortage of blogs out there that talk about scripture and our Christian religion. My vision for this blog though is to get to the bottom of what it means and looks like to walk with God, to understand the walk of Enoch. To go deeper into the knowledge of our great God, to learn how to approach Him and to develop an ever deepening relationship with Him. My hope is that through this blog we might establish a firm foundation in our understanding of Gods nature and how to live a life in the Presence of God. Through His death Christ tore the veil so that we could draw close. We owe it to Him and to ourselves to do so. There is no greater blessing from God then to know Him.