Enoch

When a man’s ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. Proverbs 16:7 (Amp) The Message Version brings it home by adding, When GOD approves of your life, even your enemies will end up shaking your hand. Proverbs 16:7 (Msg) God didn’t design us to defend ourselves or focus on enemies but rather to trust Him enough to take care of us and to busy ourselves with pleasing God. What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? Romans 8:31 The Bible tells us of two extraordinary people who pleased God with their lives and how God blessed them. Enoch was approved of God for pleasing God and he escaped death. He disappointed an appointment which all men have. He didn’t die. Reason? He had the testimony that he pleased God. By an act of faith, Enoch skipped death completely. “They looked all over and couldn’t find him because God had taken him. ” We know on the basis of reliable testimony that before he was taken “he pleased God. “ It is an act of faith that pleases God and wins our battles even the battle with death. Enoch pleased God. Jesus likewise so pleased God that God was so impressed He announced it. While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. Matthew 17:5 (KJV) The Father approved of Jesus ever before he preached his first sermon, heal the sick or raised any dead. This was before He laid down his life on the cross for our redemption. He didn’t please God with His acts alone, He most assuredly pleased God with His life and lifestyle. We must on like manner seek to please God beyond what we do and step into pleasing Him in who we are. Be true, be just, be pure, be holy, be loving, be kind and be worshipping. Don’t just do – BE. And let God be pleased, and His glory will shine forth.