Prophecies 2
Enoch Couldn’t Get Enough of God
Good morning,
I have been meditating on Genesis 5:22,
“Enoch walked in [habitual fellowship] with God after the birth of Methuselah 300 years and had other sons and daughters.”
I know this is an allegory. Enoch is compared to the end-time “raptured” Church.
Just think, we need to be a people that walk in habitual fellowship. Let’s look at these words, habitual and fellowship.
First, we must understand that Enoch didn’t become a recluse in order to walk in habitual fellowship. He did not stop having relationship with others [for he had more sons and daughters, that takes relationship].
He ended up spending the majority of his time with the One whose company he enjoyed the most.
Habitual means acquired by custom or frequent repetition of the same act; formed by repeated impressions; rendered permanent by continued action or use; made familiar by frequent practice.
Before I was a Christian, I use to smoke cigarettes, take drugs and curse like it was an official language.
I practiced these things just by frequent use and continued acts. After the initial start of them, I just did them everyday.
It wasn’t anything that I had to give too much thought to after a while. It became as natural as breathing.
You know you don’t have to go around saying to yourself, don’t forget to breathe (unless, you have a illness).
Well, by repeating the same action over and over again, day in and day out, it becomes a habitual practice.
Cursing spilled out as if I had stayed up all night trying to put those vulgar words together, but I hadn’t. I perfected it by frequent use.
Keeping that in mind, think about our relationship with God the same way. In the beginning when you first became a Christian, you had to start reading your Bible and initiate prayer and worship to God.
You were starting a fresh new habit. After a while of being in frequent practice and continued use, it should be natural for you to pray, read your Bible and worship God.
Practicing the presence of God, walking and talking with Him all day long, living a life of prayer and worship should become a habit.
God is soooo good and His company is sweet. It’s so simple that we often try to make it difficult with all of our man-made rules.
In the end they frustrate the purpose of God and we end up with religion and not relationship.
Do you time your conversation with a close friend?
Do you talk only once a day to your child, your mate, your buddy?
It becomes a duty instead of developing a Godly habit. No, I talk to my daughter about three or four times a day, I do the same with my husband and my closest friend.
I have never timed our conversations. And if it wasn’t for my cell phone that does time my phone calls, I would never know how long I’ve been on the phone.
Why? Usually, I enjoy our talks! When was the last time you just enjoyed talking to God?
So, the first thing we have to do is stop putting God on a time-clock. Second thing, just lean back and let ‘er rip, enjoy God.
He is the One who started relationships after all. I imagine He knows how to form a good habit with you also.
He’s quite entertaining, gifted, knowledgeable, unique and incredible in His ability to make you feel comfortable around Him. I really like Him, as well as love Him.
I believe that is what Enoch discovered. That God was so awe-inspiring, so positive and just plain likable.
Enoch couldn’t get enough of God. That brings us to the next word, fellowship. Fellowship means companionship, familiar company, a state of being together, intimate familiarity, frequency of intercourse — [connection; communication or exchange; a passing between].
This fellowship is developed by frequent use or continual acts of simply talking to God.
God is so awesome, just think, He can converse in any language, so He is accessible to everyone.
He made us, so He knows all about why we are the way we are and He knows how to straighten out the crooked places in us.
Yet He wants us to get to know Him and hang around Him. He knows the issues of all of mankind, the roots of them, and how to get rid of the roots.
Who else knows all that about you, and still wants to be intimate with you?
If most people knew everything about you (even your thoughts), you would be by yourself.
Yes, we must become a generation of Enoch’s. The only way is to let the love of God teach you the way to “walk in habitual fellowship” with God.
He is coming for those who are so in love with Him that they can’t get enough of Him.
Right where you are, forgive yourself for trying to do it man’s way, now let Holy Spirit show you the way.
You will delight to walk all day in the presence of God, that’s habitual fellowship.
It will be said of all of us, “and they were not, for God took them home with Him.”
Overshadowed by God’s Presence
Every year as Christmas approaches, I like to write about the incredible story of Jesus’ birth and the parallel of being filled with The Holy Spirit.
Can you imagine the overwhelming emotions Mary must have felt as she cradled Jesus in her arms, knowing that He was the long-awaited Messiah, God incarnate?
He wasn’t just a human being with divine qualities; He was God, embodying both divine nature and human nature simultaneously.
God, Himself came in the flesh to connect with humanity on a profound level.
Every year we need to receive a fresh revelation, and deeper insight of the awesomeness and majesty of who He is, and what He’s done for us.
As believers, understanding our inheritance in Christ is crucial. We need to grasp the power within us, recognize all that The LORD has entrusted to us, and understand the depth of His power that resides within our mortal beings.
As Holy Spirit filled believers, we have the incredible privilege of having The Holy Spirit living inside of us, empowering us to walk as Jesus walked and do what He did.
God doesn’t only walk with you, He lives inside of you! When you receive that revelation your life will change.
One of the greatest scriptures in the Bible was when the Angel Gabriel appeared to Mary and said to her: “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, the Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.”
He also said, “With God nothing will be impossible.”
The LORD says, “I come before you this day, and I say to you: rejoice you are also highly favored.
The Holy Spirit shall also come upon you and overshadow you. Just as Mary physically carried the son of God in her womb, you are also impregnated with The Holy Spirit and will deliver My Promises.
He dwells in you, and you are a carrier of My Glory to release light into the darkness and joy into this world.
Do not wonder in your mind how impossible situations could come to pass.
Do not be troubled or perplexed about that which is illogical or unattainable in the natural.
I AM the God of the impossible — and I will watch over My Word to perform it.
You will release the diverse gifts that I have placed on the inside of you as My promises are conceived.
You shall be carriers of My Glory on this earth. Some of you will bring My Word to The Nations.
Just as Gabriel said to Mary do not fear, I say to you “do not fear”.
Nothing is too difficult for Me to accomplish. There are no impossibilities in Me.
Rejoice and receive these gifts with a thankful heart and simply respond just as Mary responded: ‘Behold the handmaid of The LORD; be it unto me according to thy Word.’
Receive all that I have for you.
My Word will not return void but will accomplish what it is sent out to do!” says The LORD
“Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. And having come in, the angel said to her, ‘Rejoice, highly favored one, The LORD is with you; blessed are you among women!’ But when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and considered what manner of greeting this was.
Then the angel said to her, ‘Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and The LORD God will give Him the throne of His father David. And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His Kingdom there will be no end.’
Then Mary said to the angel, ‘How can this be, since I do not know a man?’ And the angel answered and said to her, ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God. Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren. For with God nothing will be impossible.’ Then Mary said, ‘Behold the maidservant of The LORD! Let it be to me according to your word.’ And the angel departed from her.” Luke 1:26-38.