A picture of becoming one with God was set before us long before we were born. In Genesis 5, we learn about a man named ENOCH who walked with God for some 300 years…
GEN 5:22-24
22And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
23And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
24And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
Here is the key part. He was no more, because God took him away. I think this is a powerful spiritual picture of who we are to be in Christ.
I think that when we fail to walk with Jesus daily, we grow stale and weak, and we begin to eat the bread of depression, discouragement, and disillusionment.
Are you walking with God daily? Enoch did, and the secret of closeness with God is revealed… he was taken by God. Are you taken with God? Do you allow yourself to be caught up in HIM? Or do you just plod through the day knowing there is a God, but not knowing HIM?
So many people want to hear from God… Do you?
If you answered yes, ask yourself one question. Why on earth would you want to hear from God if you won’t do what Jesus commanded, if you don’t want to be obedient with what you already know, how will piling more on the plate help?
If you are in the boat of people who want some divine graffiti, but don’t even daily seek God in prayer nor seek obediently in His word… you are like a person who longs to be a king, but doesn’t want responsibility of greatness.
In his word God promises to reveal himself to those that seek Him. He even tells us how to find God. Knowing Jesus. If you aren’t spending time with Jesus, you are wasting your time.
The Bible says that Jesus is the direct image of God. The full power of Godhood dwells fully in Him. We have been given the opportunity of all time… TO KNOW HIM.
Yet we are too busy, too worried, too lazy to open our Bibles and seek Jesus. I challenge you and beg you to consider your WALK with GOD, and compare it to Enoch’s… are you caught up by God? Are you taken away so that you are no more and God becomes your everything?
This is one of my life goals. John said, “I must become less so that HE may become more.” By seeking and surrendering to God and His word, you WILL hear from God. You will learn HIS WILL for your life. YOU WILL FIND HOLINESS AND COMPLETENESS… in HIM, but not if you bury your head in the sand and pretend to be looking for God.