Genesis 6:9 "...and he walked faithfully with God."
There are three men who are said to have walked with God in the early chapters of Genesis: Noah, Enoch and Adam.
Adam walked with God in ideal conditions, a place of utter perfection and peace. In a place that had almost no rules, not even have a dress code, where Adam walked with God in the cool of the evening with the divine designer of a perfect garden. In a place with one rule Adam still messed up.
We don’t know anything about Enoch’s situation but at the very least it was not the peace and perfection of the Garden. Even though Enoch had less than ideal conditions, God took him to heaven without having experienced death.
Noah walked with God and God delivered him from the flood. We know that Noah had it pretty bad; yet he managed to walk with God in tough conditions.
Here is what I know: sometimes we are like Adam and we cave under the pressure of the storm. Sometimes we are like Enoch and God delivers us from the the storm altogether. Sometimes we are like Noah and God delivers us through the storm. God is still God, we trust, obey, look to, walk with, God.
We have little control over the situations we sometimes find ourselves. Sometimes life just happens, relationships at work turn sour, conditions at home become unsafe, family stuff becomes complicated… Love is lost and it feels like you will never find it again… pressure comes from unexpected places. God is still God.
There are three men who are said to have walked with God in the early chapters of Genesis: Noah, Enoch and Adam.
Adam walked with God in ideal conditions, a place of utter perfection and peace. In a place that had almost no rules, not even have a dress code, where Adam walked with God in the cool of the evening with the divine designer of a perfect garden. In a place with one rule Adam still messed up.
We don’t know anything about Enoch’s situation but at the very least it was not the peace and perfection of the Garden. Even though Enoch had less than ideal conditions, God took him to heaven without having experienced death.
Noah walked with God and God delivered him from the flood. We know that Noah had it pretty bad; yet he managed to walk with God in tough conditions.
Here is what I know: sometimes we are like Adam and we cave under the pressure of the storm. Sometimes we are like Enoch and God delivers us from the the storm altogether. Sometimes we are like Noah and God delivers us through the storm. God is still God, we trust, obey, look to, walk with, God.
We have little control over the situations we sometimes find ourselves. Sometimes life just happens, relationships at work turn sour, conditions at home become unsafe, family stuff becomes complicated… Love is lost and it feels like you will never find it again… pressure comes from unexpected places. God is still God.
May I state the obvious? Walking with God is not running from God, not hiding from God, not escaping difficulty, not a get out of jail free card. Walking with God is breathing every breath knowing God is there and knowing that that is not a bad thing. Walking with God is taking every step every day with an awareness that you are a living, breathing, thinking, feeling, miracle; it is seeing yourself in the mirror and knowing in your soul that you are God's greatest idea. God sees something in you that you don’t see in yourself. God knows you in ways that you cannot know yourself apart from him. God accepts you at levels that you do not accept yourself.
Just a Meandering Thought...
This is a great reminder of the grace we have in God. So often we forget how loved we are especially when life gets tough.
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