May 4, 2021

 “When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah. After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked faithfully with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters. Altogether, Enoch lived a total of 365 years.  Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.” (Genesis 5:21-24)

In this narrative from Genesis, we read that Enoch “walked faithfully with God.” What does it mean to walk faithfully with God? Given that all human beings are recidivistic sinners, it can’t mean that we are blameless before the Law of God. 

Perhaps to walk faithfully with God is to walk with integrity with yourself. That is to have an ongoing honest reckoning with yourself in light of God’s command to love Him and to love your neighbor. Perhaps it is to daily remember and rely on the blood of Christ shed for you.

“Lord Jesus Christ, you said to your apostles, ‘Peace I give to you; my own peace I leave with you:’ Regard not our sins, but the faith of your Church, and give to us the peace and unity of that heavenly City, where with the Father and the Holy Spirit you live and reign, now and for ever. Amen.” (Collect at the Prayers – BCP p. 395)