Genesis 5:22

Genesis 5 is a genealogy chapter tracking the descendants of Adam, and nearly every entry follows the same rhythm: a man lives, has children, and dies. Enoch is the striking exception. The phrase "walked with God" — used only for Enoch and later for Noah — suggests something more than ordinary religious practice, an ongoing, intimate companionship with God. What makes it remarkable is the timing: this deep walk began after Enoch became a father. The full biblical account says this walk lasted 300 years. And uniquely among all the men listed in this chapter, Enoch never died — Genesis 5:24 says "God took him," a mysterious phrase pointing to an extraordinary end to an extraordinary life.

God, I want to walk with you the way Enoch did — not just in the big moments, but through the ordinary, unglamorous days. Crack open whatever in me is still holding you at arm's length. Teach me to stay close, not out of duty, but because I've tasted what it's like to live near you. Amen.

Becoming a parent has a way of breaking you open. The first time you hold a child and feel the terrifying weight of that love — suddenly aware of how fragile everything is, how much is out of your control — something shifts. That seems to be what happened to Enoch. He didn't begin his famous walk with God as a young man on a spiritual adventure. He began it after becoming a father. Something about the vulnerability of parenthood, the daily dependence it forces on you, cracked him open to something larger than himself. Here's what strikes me: walking with God isn't a single dramatic moment — it's 300 years of ordinary days, of waking up and choosing closeness again. You don't know exactly what opened Enoch's heart, but you probably know what has opened yours. A crisis. A birth. A 3 AM when nothing made sense and you finally let go. A moment of grace you didn't earn. Whatever cracked you open — that was an invitation, not just an event. What would it look like for you to walk with God not just in that moment, but in every ordinary Tuesday that follows it?