"He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked."  

                                                                                                                       - 1 John 2:6

        I don't think there is any verse of scripture that quite strikes the heart as this one: "And Enoch walked with God: and he was not, for God took him" (Gen. 5:24). The Bible has a lot to say about our walk with God. We are told to walk in faith, walk in love, walk in wisdom, walk in honesty, walk in truth, walk in the light, walk in the fear of the Lord, and ultimately that we walk in the Spirit. All of these are meant to bring us to one desired conclusion-that we walk in such a way so as to please God.

       When Hebrews describes Enoch having walked with God, it says: "By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God" (Heb. 11:5). Learning how to stay in step with our heavenly Father is maintaining a heart that wants to please him above everything else. It's actually learning how to keep ourselves in a position of knowing what is on the his heart so that at any given moment wherever he steps we are right there ready to step into all that he is doing.  

   I believe with all my heart that we are coming into days of glory where the more we learn how to take right steps in the right direction that our feet are going to be planted on paths where major encounters with God are going to occur.

       This is exactly the kind of life Jesus lived. He even made mention of this when he said: "...what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise" (John 5:19). David understood the need to stay in step with what God required. He writes in the very first chapter of Psalms: "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night" (Psa. 1:1-2). In other words, David was describing God's plan for how we are to sit, walk, and stand. This is exactly what Paul describes in his letter to the church of Ephesus. We are now made to sit together with Christ in heavenly places. We are to walk worthy of the vocation wherewith we are called. That means we are not to walk in the vanity of our minds as other Gentiles walk, but rather that we walk in love, walk as children of light, and walk circumspectly not as fools but as wise. And then, he informs us how we are to stand against the wiles of the devil-having done all to stand, stand!

       These are the kind of things that make it possible for us to improve our walk with God. We have to be careful and sensitive when it comes to where we plant our feet. The more we learn what it takes to honor the Lord in our walk, the more recognizable it will be in our taking right steps that please him. It all begins by feeding on God's Word until it begins to ooze out of us. When I think about the life of Enoch, how incredible a walk he developed with God that he just simply stepped out of this realm into the glory world, it challenges me to step up in my walk in the Word like never before.

       I believe with all my heart that we are coming into days of glory where the more we learn how to take right steps in the right direction that our feet are going to be planted on paths where major encounters with God are going to occur. I like what Paul adds in his remarks of Enoch being translated. He says, "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him" (Heb. 11:6).

       By learning how to conform to steps that bring us into a greater walk with God, we must first of all center our intent toward being a more diligent seeker. We cannot expect to make progress if we are slack about being engaged in the Father's business. By our keeping step, staying on track, and being more consistent and diligent toward doing what pleases him, we will come closer, deeper, and more sensitive to God's way of doing things.