GENESIS 5:22. “And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.”
SONS AND DAUGHTERS. I wonder what he thought about the day he first held, That small baby boy God had given to him. Did Enoch acknowledge to God just how he felt? Did his walk with God start because he turned from some sin? Did the thought that a child is going to learn how to talk, And use the same words that his father would use? Did the places he went when alone he would walk, Now change because his boy, like his father would choose, To walk now with God instead of walking his way? Did his whole life change for fear his son he would lose?
I know for myself when I held our first child, My first thoughts were that this child forever will live. Heaven or hell depends on whether I was willing to yield Myself and my family to God – was I willing to give My pledge of honor to God that day, that the choices I make that affect them will challenge them to grow In a way that both they and their God can rejoice? The family God gave me will find it easy to know, Whether I’m just a fake or if my faith is for real – Because in my life and my walk – the real me shows.
After the first son was born God was willing to trust, His companion, Enoch with a heritage from Him. As each child was born, he would realize he must Never take for granted that God gave him them. God has blessed Linda and me with some wonderful daughters. Their husbands and families are to us a great joy. When around us in fellowship our children all gather, We bless God in prayer, letting our gratitude show. God has made us aware that all that really matters, Is they will all be ready when the Lord calls us to go.
“Father, sometimes I wonder if my family knows how much I appreciate them. I rejoice in them because You gave them to us. I am proud of them because they have chosen to honor You in their lives. I intercede for them because I know Satan will try to trip them up. I commit them into Your care and keeping because I know You care for them even more than I do. They are Yours; please use them to honor You. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”