Day 002: Walking With God (Gen 5:22-24)

Through the Bible: Genesis 4-7

²² Enoch walked with God^[b] after he fathered Methuselah 300 years and had other sons and daughters. ²³ Thus all the days of Enoch were 365 years. ²⁴ Enoch walked with God, and he was not,^[c] for God took him (Genesis 5:22-24)

Day 002: Walking With God (Genesis 5:22–24)

Through the Bible: Genesis 4–7

“Enoch walked with God after he fathered Methuselah 300 years and had other sons and daughters. Thus all the days of Enoch were 365 years. Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.” — Genesis 5:22–24

In yesterday’s reading, I was struck by Genesis 3:8—how Adam and Eve heard the sound of the Lord walking in the garden in the cool of the day. It suggests this was a pattern: that God often walked in the garden, inviting the man and woman to walk alongside Him.

Can you imagine the privilege of literally walking with God? To hear the sound of His footfall? Can you imagine how your heart would leap when you heard it? How you would rush out the door, pulling on your shoes as you ran, so eager to take a walk with your best friend! The things you would talk about. The fellowship you would enjoy.

But on that day, Adam and Eve hid. They had sinned. They were naked. They were ashamed. The tragedy of thinking they needed to hide from the One who loved them best. The folly of thinking they could.

With the Fall came a distance from God that hadn’t been there before. Adam and Eve had to leave the Garden. Fellowship was harder to come by east of Eden.

But that doesn’t mean it was impossible. We’ve often been told that God can’t be in the presence of sin. But look closely at today’s reading:

Enoch walked with God (Genesis 5:22, 24). Noah walked with God (Genesis 6:9).

Even outside the Garden, God still invites us to take a walk.

Our sins do separate us from Him. They make it harder to hear the sound of His steps in the cool of the day. (Another consequence of the Fall—“the cool of the day” isn’t as cool as it used to be; see Genesis 3:19).

But fellowship is still possible. We can still lace up our shoes. We can still run to catch up.

We just have to listen for His footfalls a little more carefully.

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