Read Genesis 5:1-32

“LeBron, Tebow, Adel, Brady”.

Just say the name and everyone knows who you are talking about. Their talents have made them household names. That is great for the here and now, but what about eternity?

In the Bible, there are 2 names of men whose fame isn’t because of anything they could do but who they listened to.

Enoch was a man in the direct ancestral line from Adam to Jesus.   His name is hidden in a long list of “begats.”  So and so begat so and so; he lived “x” number of years AND THEN HE DIED! Over and over the same thing is said of generation after generation of men.    

Then there is Enoch.  

“Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.“

What?  He didn’t die?  God took him away?   In Hebrews 11:5-6 we read:

“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.”

So, out of all of the people on Earth at the time, Enoch was chosen by God to not die but to be taken away. 

What did he do?  Did he have some hidden talent?

No! He walked faithfully with God.  He spent quality time with God…. he heard God’s still small voice and did what God wanted him to do.

Enoch’s great grandson, Noah, was a friend of God’s also. Even though Enoch wasn’t around when Noah was born, surely Noah had been told about his great-grandfather and how he had “walked with God”.

What a legacy Noah was given!  We can only guess how much harassment Noah faced as he set about building a huge boat for years! But Noah’s mind wasn’t focused on what was going on around him, he was focused on God and what HE commanded Noah to do. 

You may not ever be able to shoot 3-pointers in a basketball game or stand center stage before an adoring crowd, but you can be like Enoch and Noah by walking and talking WITH God, not ignoring and talking AT God.

The refrain of an old hymn goes like this:

He walks with me, and He talks with me,

And He tells me I am His own,

And the joy we share as we tarry there,

None other has ever known.

Do you walk with God?  Are your thoughts His thoughts?

Are the words that come out of your mouth His words?

Are your actions for His glory instead of yours?

What example are you setting for your children and grandchildren?  Is God only on your mind and lips when you are in trouble or at church?  Do you walk with Him daily, delighting in His company and He in yours?

There is no time like the present to be in His presence. 

Pat Arnold