There are not many words in the scriptures concerning this man, Enoch, but I think all of us would love to have his wonderful testimony and know that we pleased God like he did. What are the secrets to pleasing God? Verse six answers that question. It says, "Without faith it is impossible to please God." It goes on to say that we must believe that "God is" and that "He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him." 

As we look at Enoch, we find these attributes. He had a strong conviction that "God is." He was in God's presence on a daily basis, and when you are in the presence of someone on that scale, you know they exist. Genesis 5:24 says that Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him." One of the Hebrew meanings of this word 'walked' is "to be conversant." God and Enoch had conversation with each other as they walked. When you walk with someone, you talk with them and they talk with you. You see the same things they do and you experience the same things they experience as you walk together down the same path. You walk at the same pace and breath the same air. Because Enoch walked with God, He understood the character of God and was personally concerned for God's interest. And because he knew God as He is, Enoch developed a concern for holiness and an indignation against unrighteousness. In faith, he boldly prophesied against those who were speaking out against God. Jude 14 and 15 records the prophecy that Enoch gave concerning the ungodly, their ungodly deeds, and their ungodly speeches.

Enoch also had confidence that God would do the things that He promised. He believed that God was a "rewarder of those who diligently seek Him." Enoch was very consistent, for Genesis 5:22 says, "Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years." He was diligent in his walk with God for three centuries. I'm sure he must have faced difficulties and discouragement during that time. There may have been days that he did not want to walk with God. But he kept his faith because he knew that "God is" and that "He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him." Consistence received its reward and one day God translated him. I heard a minister tell this story on a human level. He said that every day that Enoch walked with God he went further and further. One day God and Enoch were out walking, and God told Enoch, "We are closer to My house than yours. Come home with Me." 

As we walk with the Lord, we must strive to have these same attributes in our life that Enoch had so that we can obtain the testimony that we please the Lord. We must have the simple faith that believes that "God is" and that "God rewards" as we diligently seek Him. Then, one glorious day while we are walking and talking with the Lord, He will speak to us and say, "We are closer to My house than yours, come home with Me. +++