“No good thing does he withhold for those whose walk is blameless.” Psalm 84:11
When people are buried, special words are written on their tombstone or grave marker. These words are called an “epitaph.” They are usually kind words about the person. Thomas Jefferson has inscribed on his gravestone, “Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence of the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom.” Some people like to have a favorite Bible verse as their epitaph.
Perhaps the grave marker of the man we are about to meet could have read: “He enjoyed his walks.” But there never was a tombstone for this man. He never needed one because he never died. His name was Enoch.
We read about Enoch in Genesis. Little is mentioned about who he was, but we do know one very interesting thing about Enoch, he enjoyed walking.
Enoch was born when Adam was 622 years old. He was the father of Methuselah, the oldest person on record. One might imagine that living among the great Bible fathers would mean that everyone believed in God, but that was not the case. Jude writes: “Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men: ‘See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones to judge everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him’” (14,15). Enoch lived among some very wicked people.
Enoch loved to walk. That is, he loved to walk with God. He loved to do what pleased the Lord. The Bible tells us that he walked with God for 365 years. After that, Enoch took one last walk, and the Bible says that he: “was no more” (Genesis 5:24). God took Enoch by the hand and walked with him right into heaven! He never died. He just strolled through heaven’s gates and began to enjoy the beauty of being with God in heaven.
What caused God to treat Enoch in such a special way? The book of Hebrews says: “By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death; he could not be found, because God had taken him away. For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God” (11:5). Enoch spent his whole life walking with the Lord. What a great example for us. We should try to walk in Enoch’s footsteps. As God’s children, we want to walk the path to heaven just as Enoch did. We can do that by walking with Jesus each day.
I walk with Jesus all the way, His guidance never fails me;
Within His wounds I find a stay when Satan’s power assails me;
And by His footsteps led, my path I safely tread.
In spite of ills that threaten may, I walk with Jesus all the way.
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