FAITH CAPSULE: Walk obediently to be near to God.

Genesis 5

God is always near to all man while man is far from God.
What does it mean to be close to God or far from God?
To be walking in the line of God’s word is obedient to God, to become near to God by walking with God or walking before God.
DISOBEDIENT DENIES MAN NOT TO BE NEAR TO GOD
One in disobedient to the word of God will not be near to God that is never far from man (He is never sleeping but see all at all time)
One in disobedient will hid from God’s presence.
The sin of Adam and Eve made them be far from the near of God as stated in Genesis 3:6-10, “So, when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked, and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings. And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, “Where are you?” So he said, “I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, and I hid myself.”
Caring God created all man for His glory to keep all man near to Him but the sin the evidence of not knowing God keeps all far from God.
Just like Adam and Eve, sin will expose a man naked, which is a state of shame that should not have a place in the life of a man claiming to be walking in line with God’s word.
For a man to be far and not near to God is the result of being afraid in this world which is the evidence of not fearing God that is a sin before God.
We are to be dressed by the word of God and not be naked by putting on the world that we live.
Are you living obediently or disobediently before God?
Obediently, give self to God’s word to be walking in His presence.
Enoch was near to God because he walked with God. Genesis 5:21-24, ” Enoch lived sixty-five years and begot Methuselah. After he begot Methuselah, Enoch walked with God three hundred years and had sons and daughters. So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.”
It is important to be walking in God’s word to be near to Him.
The presence of God is His glory. Romans 3:23 buttressed, “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” With sin, all will be short of His presence, not being in His presence that is always near.

Prayer for today: Ask for the grace to be near to God all the days of your life.