Walking With God

Title: Walking with God

Text: Genesis 5:18–24 (NASB95)

CIT: In this chapter of genealogies, Enoch stood out because of his friendship with God.

Proposition: Enoch walked with God so closely that he didn’t even experience death.

Unifying Word: Walk

Major Objective: Devotional and Consecrative

Specific Objective: I want my listeners to grow closer to God than ever before and walk with Him daily.

Introduction:

Legacy in the Lines

Family trees are amazing.

When I first went to pastor FBCG, a young man named Andrew helped me dig into some ancestry research.

He taught me just enough to explore on my own, helped me do a DNA test and I discovered things that still fascinate me.

Then, a few years ago, I got a call from a cousin I hadn’t seen in years.

He had something for me—photos of our great-grandparents and great, great grandparents.

Remarkably clear - I was able to look into the eyes of men and women my own daddy had never seen. It was powerful.

I began to learn how traits, stories, and values pass from one generation to the next.

Genesis 4 and 5 are family trees.

Chapter 4 traces Cain’s line—a list of names, no ages, no legacy of faith. Cain, the black sheep, left behind a line marked by silence.

But chapter 5 shifts to Seth’s descendants.

And here, one phrase repeats: “and he died.”

Every name ends with death.

It’s a solemn reminder of the serpent’s lie - “You surely will not die” (Genesis 3:4, NASB95)—and God’s truth. Death came, just as He said.

Then, in the middle of this death march, one name breaks the rhythm. Enoch.

He didn’t die.

He walked with God.

And it was The Walk of a Lifetime

The Wake-Up Call

God has a way of getting your attention. Genesis 5:21–22a (NASB95) “When Enoch had lived sixty-five years, he became the father of Methuselah. Then Enoch walked with God three hundred years after he became the father of Methuselah…”

Enoch was 65 when his wife gave birth to Methuselah. That moment changed everything.

Before Methuselah, we know little about Enoch. But after his birth, Scripture says Enoch began to walk with God.

Something about that child—maybe the weight of raising a son in a sinful world—grabbed Enoch’s heart.

Methuselah died the same year the flood came.

If you add up the ages of Methuselah, Lamech, and Noah, plus the 100 years between Genesis 5:32 and 7:11, you get 969 years—the exact age Methuselah was when he died.

Could God have shown Enoch what was coming? Could the vision of judgment have awakened him?

God still uses moments like that to get our attention.

A birth. A loss. A warning.

What has He used in your life?

Why is He trying to reach you?

Have you given Him your attention?

Transition: Once God gets your attention, the question becomes—will you walk with Him?

The Daily Walk

Walking with God will change your life. Genesis 5:23–24 (NASB95) “So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.”

Enoch lived 365 years. For 300 of those, he walked with God.

Scripture says it twice—he walked with God.

That means: He was at peace with God.

“ Do two men walk together unless they have made an appointment?” (Amos 3:3, NASB95)

He walked in close communion.

No dark cloud interrupted their fellowship.

His character rebuked the godless world around him.

He walked with progress.

Each day, he drew nearer to God and farther from the world.

“Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.” (James 4:7, NASB95)

Enoch didn’t walk with God for a season—he walked with Him for a lifetime.

He kept showing up.

Kept reporting for duty.

Kept moving forward.

Transition: And when you walk with God like that—faithfully, daily, intimately—it changes not just your life, but your legacy.

The Heavenly Finish

Walking with God prepares you for eternity. Genesis 5:24 (NASB95) “Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.”

Enoch did not die. He was “translated.”

Gone; Could not be found; But not dead.

Only two men in Scripture never died—Enoch and Elijah. God took them.

I know I don’t walk with God like Enoch did

But as I look at our world and read the prophecies of Matthew 24 and 25, I’m convinced: we need to walk closer than ever.

If what God showed Enoch grabbed his attention, shouldn’t something be grabbing ours?

For the sake of our families, shouldn’t we desire to be so close to God that we know what’s coming before it arrives?

Shouldn’t we want a relationship so deep that one day, as we’re walking, God says, “Why go to your house today? We’re closer to Mine. Come home with Me.”