We live in an unbelieving world.

Just watch any show on the History Channel or an episode of Ghost Hunters on SyFy.  You'll see people who don't believe in God or question the teachings of the Bible.

But I don't need to tell you that.  You encounter it everyday at school and work and hanging out with your friends.  People just don't want to believe the Bible.  They don't want to believe in a God who has an absolute standard.  They don't want to believe in a God who says there is only one way to heaven - and being good enough is not the way.

Sometimes it feels insurmountable.  Sometimes it seems you're in the minority.

That's a little how Enoch felt.

We read in Genesis 5, that Enoch worshipped and followed God amidst a wicked generation.  So wicked, in fact, that God would eventually wipe out all of humanity (with the exception of Noah and his family) with a flood to purge the earth. 

That made Enoch stand out.  He alone stood up for God.  He alone worshipped God.  He alone spent time with the Creator.  Even when others didn't care, made fun of him or told him how much of a fool he for doing so.  Yet God considered him so righteous that the scripture says he "walked with God and than he was not, for God took him."  Enoch did not die.  God took him straight into heaven - a reward for the faith he showed in God among so many you didn't believe.

You may know exactly how Enoch felt.  If so, let scripture encourage you that God sees your devotion.

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