I guess I should connect my Sermon to his. (Pause) Or should I? You see, God wants to connect with us. Just like he did with other people in the Bible.
Whenever I called my grandparents, or they called me on my Grandpa’s phone. I almost immediately got into a talk that went sort of like this:
“Hello?” I said.
“Hello?” They responded.
“Hello? Can you hear me?” I said again
“What?!” they say 3 seconds later
I thought. Well, it’s not my hearing, I'm too young to be losing my hearing, they must be going deaf. What I actually said out loud was a little different.
“Um maybe I can call Grandma’s phone. It might have better reception.”
“What about Grandma’s mug collection?” they asked
“Did you guys even hear me?”
Click! The line went dead.
I called grandma’s phone and they picked up on the first ring.
“Better?” I said
“We can hear you. So what was that you were saying about Grandma’s Mug Collection?”
Eventually, we found out that Grandpa’s phone, for some reason, had a 3 second delay. So our hearing wasn’t bad after all. Since then, it has been fixed.
Your connection with God cannot be like the phone conversation I had with my grandparents. It must be better, It must be established.
Take Enoch for example. You know the guy right? He’s the one that walked with God, right up into heaven. In Hebrews 11:5-6 it says that “By faith, Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death: He could not be found, because God had taken him away. For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God. And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.”
You might not know this, but Enoch was the great great great great grandson of Adam and the son of Jared. I can just imagine little Enoch sitting on Adam’s lap as he told story after story about the time before sin. He tells of how he spent his days with God and Eve in the gardens walking and talking face to face. Then he eventually gets to the story of the fall and how God sacrificed the first lamb as a symbol of redemption. Adam cries and tells of how God will send his son to die for our sins.
Because of these stories and other experiences in his life, Enoch grew closer and closer to God, but his big turning point was when he had his first son. Enoch now knew the feeling of having a son and couldn’t bear the thought of losing him. He knew what God would have to go through if he sent his son to die for the human race. He understood the depth of God’s love. Because of his strong connection with God, God decided to just scoop Enoch into heaven. I guess you can say that e-knocked on heaven’s door. Opening the door in your heart is one thing. But letting God walk through it is another, and it seems that Enoch did just that. What about you friends? Do you listen to God’s input in the life of others? Or do you disregard them as irrelevant stories, unusable in your life. How about taking a moment to pause and reflect upon your life, and see what God has done for you. Enoch chose to keep the door open and have God play a vibrant part in his life. You have the choice to take advantage of the open door, or just let it slam closed.
In Deuteronomy 4:29 it says “... if ...you seek the Lord your God, you will find Him, if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.” Sure you can open the door so that God can come in, but you first have to find Him. Believe that you can find Him, and He will be found. Invite Him in. You must seek Him to connect to him.
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