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Genesis 5:21-24 (NLT)
21 When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.
22 After the birth of Methuselah, Enoch lived in close fellowship with God for another 300 years, and he had other sons and daughters.
23 Enoch lived 365 years,
24 walking in close fellowship with God. Then one day he disappeared, because God took him.
Observation:
In today's focal passage we are introduced to a man named Enoch. He was human like all men, but he was different; he was a godly man. His name describes his life; it means dedicated.
There are three things that leaped off the page, and into my heart as I read this passage.
- Enoch lived in close fellowship with God.
- Enoch walked in close fellowship with God.
- One day God took him home to live with Him.
Hebrews 11:5-6 (NLT)
5 It was by faith that Enoch was taken up to heaven without dying—"he disappeared, because God took him." For before he was taken up, he was known as a person who pleased God.
6 And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him.
Prayer:
Father, I look up to the heavens today, and I give praise and thanksgiving to You for You are a great God, and a loving, and good Father.
Father, I ask You to stir up the gift of faith that is within us, and that each of us would become people of faith who walk in close fellowship with You all of the days of our life. In the mighty name of Jesus I pray, Amen.
Isaiah 55:11 (KJV)
11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
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