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What does it mean to be walking with God?

“Enoch walked with God.” Genesis 5:24

Happy are they who in their early days are turned from sin, themselves, and the world, by repentance toward God and faith in the Promised Seed, as Enoch was, who, from the time of his conversion, walked with God in continued progress.

To “walk with God” is to come out from a sinful generation and cleave to the Lord, as Noah and Caleb did, and God requires this of all believers (2 Corinthians 6:17).

It is setting the Lord before our eyes continually and fearing Him always, as Joseph and Nehemiah did, thereby avoiding everything that would offend Him.
It is also making an open profession of faith in Him and zeal for His service, as our highest honor and best interest.
And further, it is such a walk as obtains a holy intimacy and communion with God, which is kept up by constant meditation, prayer, and praise, by our hearkening to the voice of His word and Spirit, and humbling ourselves before Him; hereby holiness is promoted and encouraged in the soul.

Thus “Enoch walked with God.” Enoch:

Maintained holy confidence in God,
Committed all his ways to Him,
Expected help from Him, and
Rejoiced in the hopes of being with Him forever.

For these happy ends, the grace of God is sufficient for all that see their need and ask it. The Lord help us to seek it, that like Enoch, we may walk with God here below, and live with Him forever in glory. Walking with God is honorable, useful, and happy. How can we be unhappy with God for our Companion?

Devotion by Karl Heinrich von Bogatzky (1690—1774)

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