Ears to Hear

Good Morning,

     As I sit here this morning I was thinking on seeing everything
from God's perspective.  Truly His ways are higher and we know that He
desires for us to know Him more intimately, where we always do the
Word.  In one of the prophetic words that was given to us, it was said
that we must become an 'Enoch' generation.  Well, his name is mentioned
twelve times in the Bible.  The first mention is of Cain's seed, but that
is not the one that we will be looking at. (Gen.4:17-18) The next mention of the name of Enoch is in Genesis 5:18, this is the Enoch that God desires us to have the heart
of, or imitate in our lives.  Listen to the words spoken of him.  "And Enoch walked
(in habitual fellowship) with God after the birth of Methuselah 300 years and
he had other sons and
daughters.  So all the days of Enoch were 365 years.  And Enoch
walked in (habitual fellowship) with God; and he was not, for God took
him [home with Him.]" (Gen. 5:22-24)  He is
mentioned again in the New
Testament, once in the genealogy recorded in Luke 3:37, and in two other places that we will read.  He is in the 'hall of faith', Hebrews 11:5; "Because of faith Enoch was caught up
and transferred to heaven, so that he did not have a glimpse of death;
and he was not found, because God had translated him, for even before he
was taken to heaven, he received testimony [still on record] that he
had pleased God and been satisfactory to God."

   The other place he is mentioned is in Jude 14-15, this is where
his prophetic word is recorded.  We will talk about that later, but what I
want to look at is the obvious, this man so pleased God with his life
that God would not do without him.  Did you see that God translated him
into heaven?  I wonder about being such a delight and joy to God that He
demands to have you always in His presence.  I want to be just like
Enoch in my own walk with God, don't you?  Well, it was Enoch's faith in
God that delighted God.  He simply obeyed God's Word.  Just think he wasn't isolated on
an island nor did he live on a mountain by himself.  He had to walk his
faith among his people, right in the middle of the world.  He had to love
others, for our faith works by love. (Gal.
5:6)  In Genesis, it simply says that he walked with God, the Amplified Bible (which is
what I used), said that he, 'walked in habitual fellowship' with God. 
Walking in habitual fellowship will produce faith in our lives, if we
will just learn the ways of God and imitate Him.  It is a matter of
giving over to God's ways of doing and being right.  Now imagine a whole
generation of Enoch's walking in this habitual fellowship being
translated into heaven without seeing death, this is what people call,
'the rapture'.  A transference into the presence of God, because He so delights in
our walking with Him habitually.  It motivates me to think on My relationship with God and
my love walk and my faith.  After all, we who love God, want to be His
pleasure and bring Him delight.  Habitual is doing, practicing, or acting in a
behavior that has been
acquired by frequent repetition; or developing a mode of behavior or
function that has nearly become completely involuntary.  Our walking in love and faith should become our
lifestyle, by our doing, practicing and in our actions.  If Enoch could
do it, so can we!   We know that we are becoming more like the 'Enoch'
generation when we say like the Psalmist said in Psalm 119:111: "Your laws are my treasure; they are my heart's delight.  I am
determined to keep your decrees to the very end". "I take joy in doing
your will, my God, for your instructions are written on my heart."
(Psalm 40:8)

 

Love,

Pastor D.

"Walking in fellowship"