Recently I attended a small group leaders meeting led by my husband. We were challenged to embark upon the Enoch Revolution this year, which in a nutshell means to be dedicated and intentional in our pursuit of knowing and
imitating Jesus. Not
much is said in Scripture about Enoch, but we do know he walked with God. Interestingly, his
very name's meaning revealed the kind of man he would grow up to be. Yet as I reflected upon this passage something
struck me to be odd. Why did God take him up in his prime? Men
were living to be over nine hundred years old, yet Enoch was taken at three
hundred and sixty-five years old. His family must have grieved over this
untimely loss. Wouldn’t it have been better for him to stay longer and walk out
his faith before others? Think of
the people who would have been impacted by Enoch’s witness if he had lived
another six hundred years. His being taken seemed to be out of place and a
waste to me, yet the story reveals this was no mistake. God, Himself, took him. The Almighty
did not intend for Enoch to live longer in order to be a witness to others.
Instead, it pleased God to take him and transform a walk of faith into
sight.
This small section of Scripture challenges me to live
intentionally as I walk with God, but it also reveals to me the sovereignty of
God. His infinite wisdom is far greater than my finite mind will ever be, and
His timing is always perfect. Will
I trust Him this year when things happen that don’t make sense or seem out of
place? I want to because God is worthy
of such trust!
Lord, I pray that 2013 would be marked with a deeper
level of intimacy and trust in You.
When things seem all wrong, help me to walk with You and rest in Your
sovereign plan.
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