The Testimony of Enoch I

Monday 6 February
READ: Gen. 5:21–24
MORE LESSON: Heb. 11:5–6

In the book of Genesis 5, the Bible gives an account of the lineage of several men starting from the first man – Adam. These men lived very long with several of them living above 900years. It was recorded that these men gave birth to sons and daughters and then each of them died. The only achievement recorded for many of them was that they added to the population of the earth. This trend continued till a man gave birth to a son called Enoch.
Enoch had a different testimony. The Bible records, And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: Gen. 5:22. Enoch gave birth like all his progenitors; he gave birth to Methuselah his first son at the age of 65. What distinguished him, and earned him a choice place in history and eternity was for the next 300 years of his life, he walked with God. Enoch walked so intimately with God that he was translated and never tasted death. Enoch walked in close fellowship with God till one day, God took him to Heaven in his physical body. The man simply disappeared from the earth as the earth was no longer worthy of him; he went to a better place. The greatest act that a man can do on earth is to walk with God so much so that Heaven notices him. Walking with God simply means a close relationship and fellowship with God.
Enoch didn’t live as old as all the men listed in the genealogy of Adam (Gen. 5:3-32). He only stayed on the earth for 365 years. His son Methuselah was the oldest man that ever lived on earth as he loved to be 969 years. Jared, his father, lived to be 962 years. Jared was 527 year when Enoch was taken by God and still lived 442 years after his son had gone. We always pray that our children will stay longer on the earth than us. Enoch was a man who left the earth far before his father and he entered into the annals of the heroes of faith on account of that (Heb. 11:5). The joy and uniqueness of his case was that he didn’t die and leave his father on earth; he was taken by God to taste the glory of Heaven.
There is a great reward for all those who walk closely with God. It is my desire to walk intimately with God; this should be your heart desire also every day of your life. There is a song in Yoruba that I love to sing; it translates, ‘Help me to walk with You that way I ought to. Help me to walk with You perfectly and in the right order.’

Prayer/Action
* Father, help me to make a difference in my generation, in Jesus’ name.
* Father, help me to have a consistent walk with You, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
He that keeps Israel is my keeper, therefore in the month of February I shall be secure from all evil, in the name of Jesus,