By an act of faith, Enoch skipped death completely. “They looked all over and couldn’t find him because God had taken him.” We know on the basis of reliable testimony that before he was taken “he pleased God.” It’s impossible to please God apart from faith. And why? Because anyone who wants to approach God must believe both that he exists and that he cares enough to respond to those who seek him.

Faith prays.

Enoch prayed. He walked with God. At its heart, prayer is a relationship with God.

Someone said that Enoch walked so far with God, that one day the Lord said to him, ‘You’ve come all this way; there’s no point going back!’

Enoch and all the other people of faith listed in this chapter sought God earnestly, and they did so with the confidence that He would reward them. Raymond Brown notes that God not only reveals His existence to us, but also proves His generosity. Those who seek Him in every day life can testify to His goodness.

He also points this out:

‘The brief Genesis account of his long life contains the fascinating detail that Enoch did not always walk with God. There was a time, it appears, when the walk began. He ‘walked with God after the birth of Methuselah’. It may not be too much to assume that the responsibilities of parenthood forced Enoch to recognise his serious moral and spiritual limitations, and in this experience of inadequacy he may have felt himself cast upon God for help.’ (‘Christ above all’, p.200).

”You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart” (Jer.29:13);

”Come near to God and he will come near to you” (James 4:8).

What promises praying people have to feed their faith. The above are just two of many.