Enoch and God went for a walk one evening. This wasn't the first time they'd gone for a walk - in fact, they walked together often. This particular evening, though, Enoch and God walked so far from Enoch's home, that when it was time to go back, God said, "Come to my home, it's closer."

This is the only account of such an event in the Bible. But the reality is that this is the only way anyone ever enters God's home - by walking with Him so far from their own, that they're closer to heaven than earth. Obviously this is metaphysical, not physical. It wasn't Enoch's physical position that changed, rather it was his spiritual.

At some point in his walk with God, Enoch crossed that invisible line that marked the 1/2-way point between heaven and earth. His worldly home was a thing of the past. He could leave it without hesitation and without grief. Yet this was not a literal home - not a home in the sense of four walls and a roof. There is much truth in the saying, "Home is where the heart is." Giving a man four walls and a roof doesn't mean he's at home, even if he calls it home. For example, you could give an Eskimo a jungle hut, and though he may call that building home, he would be no more at home than the shivering native in his igloo. They way a man thinks and lives more accurately reflects where his home is than does an address.

In the case of Enoch, every aspect of his being, from the readily visible words and deeds to the secret thoughts and intents of his heart more closely resembled those of heavenly residents than those of earthly inhabitants. His talk was more like the angels than his coworkers. His time was spent as faithfully as those who served in the presence of God. His thoughts turned to God as frequently as those who dwelt daily in the Divine Presence.

Do you walk with God? Not all walk with God, but there are some who do. And then, not all those who walk with God reach that invisible line. Some grow weary and suggest a return to the comfort of their home - they long for rest and slumber in their bed. For others it's simply too strange and frightening to wander far from the home they know so well, with which they're so familiar, and which offers such comfort and security. Still others may drag their feet so slowly along the way that the fading daylight altogether disappears, leaving them in total darkness, completely lost.

Enoch walked with God, and God said, "Come to my home, it's closer."

How far from home are you?