Elementary Level, Block 1—Adam to Noah
Week 5
Enoch—Walking with God and Talking with God
Point to Emphasize: We know God exists and we can walk and talk to Him.
Reference Reading: Genesis 5
Memory Verse: You will pray to Him, and He will hear you… (Job 22:27a)
Story Sample
Who practiced to be like Enosh this past week? I know by experience that when you ask the right person for help, the task becomes a lot easier for you. Isn’t it awesome that there are men in the Bible we can all desire to be like?
Today we will hear about another great man. Who in this room has heard the name Enoch before? Well, there was an Enoch in the Bible that was exceptional! He was unusual, not typical, he was different, he was special. Let me tell you why: Enoch chose to live differently. The people around Enoch were doing things that were not good, they were saying things that were not appropriate. But Enoch decided to walk with God. You see, Enoch knew God. Enoch knew that God existed, that God was real, that God was present. So, Enoch lived differently than everyone else around him. Let me tell you how Enoch lived.
The Bible says Enoch walked with and talked to God. Enoch walked with God day and night for 300 years; that is more than 100,000 days. [Write these numbers on the board.] Wow, that is a gigantic number. Enoch walked all these days with God! Enoch was exceptional because he walked with God. But what does it mean to walk with God? [Pick one child and ask him to walk with you. You might want to walk side by side/fast/slow/skip/hop and ask the child to walk with you. Ask the child, “Was it easy to walk with me?”] It is surely easy when we walk by ourselves. We can walk at our own speed and just stop when we want to. But for Enoch to walk with God meant that Enoch did not go the way he wanted, instead he always followed God. Enoch was very close to God!
Now, Enoch not only walked with God, but he also talked with God. Enoch talked to God like talking to a friend. I don’t know exactly what Enoch was talking to God about but if he was walking with God for all those days, I am sure that he got to tell God many, many things. I am sure that God heard him and that God also talked to Enoch.
I learned from a very early age that I could talk to God. Let me tell you what happened to me when I was in first grade. I was having a bad day. During lunch, I spilled my milk all over my food and all over my uniform. My teacher and my friends tried to help me, but the damage was done. I was all wet. The rest of my day in school was terrible. Other children would come near me and the first thing they would say was, “Sniff. Sniff. What is that smell?” When I went to bed that night, I remembered that my parents had told me I could talk to God and tell Him how I was feeling. I could tell God anything I had in my heart. So, that is exactly what I did. I started talking to God and telling Him all that had happened to me that day. And, oh… I will never forget how I felt. It felt so good telling God about my day. It felt like a huge heavy feeling was taken off my heart. I was able to have a good night sleep. [Insert your own experience of talking to God.]
If you are having a bad day or if you are having the best day ever; if you feel sad or if you feel great; if your friends like you or you feel you are alone; you can be just like Enoch. You can talk to God!