What If You Were The Plan?Sýnishorn

Sometimes I wonder if the Lord was upside down and backwards when He orchestrated my life. Eight children under foot with a sundry other responsibilities cuts down on my Me Time, that’s for certain. I hardly sit down or sleep. Oh sure, if I lived in a little cabin in the woods by myself, or better yet, a beach house on the coast, eating nothing but seaweed and coconut juice, I might be able to pray in silence for hours at a time. Then I’d be able to walk closely with the Lord. But never THIS life. Not with THESE KIDS who expect to eat my cooking several times a day! I can hardly keep myself straight on who to pick up or where much less ponder anything beyond life’s necessities. 

This is where Enoch’s example can get lost on someone like me—blinded by responsibilities, supposing she has been given a pass because her lot in life is God-ordained. 

Maybe it would have been easier for Enoch if he had lived on the beach and settled for seaweed and coconut juice, too. But that wasn’t an option. Instead, he was the head of a family. We know he was married and he fathered Methuselah, as well as several other children. Enoch went beyond meeting his own necessities, demonstrating before his family and his culture what it looked like to walk with God in the middle of regular life. His life served as an example for the kind of closeness God desires for all His children. This relationship became a lifestyle that went with Enoch into any season, difficulty, or transition. His was a fellowship with God that continued for over 300 years! 

What we learn from Enoch is that you and I don’t need a sabbatical from our regular life to find time to walk with God. Upside down and backwards works just fine. We don’t need a special Bible, less responsibility, fewer kids, a lighter schedule, or a permanent diet of tree roots and carrot juice. Like Enoch, we just need a commitment to walk with God.

Today as you pray, thank God for how He has orchestrated your life. Then begin asking the Lord about one thing you can do to walk with Him more closely in your regular everyday life.