05/06/2026
Worth Reading
DECREASE TO INCREASE
When a man truly walks with God, something begins to disappear; not his existence, but his dominance. His flesh, his pride, his self-will begin to lose their hold.
Walking with God is not a casual experience; it is a daily surrender, God does not share control with the flesh. He will walk with you, but He will also wait on you; wait until you choose to lay down your will, your appetites, your need to be right, your attachment to the world. Because you cannot walk with God and remain unchanged.
In Genesis 5:24 the Scriptures says;
"Enoch walked with God, and he was no more, for God took him." (NKJV)
Notice, every other name in that chapter ends the same way: "and he died." But not Enoch. His story ends differently, not with death, but with disappearance. The Hebrew behind the phrase "was no more" is "ayin" a word that carries the sense of cessation, of something no longer being found in its former place. In its immediate, grammatical context, it points to Enoch's physical translation, that is; God taking him bodily from the earth, as He would later take Elijah in the whirlwind (2 Kings 2:11). That is the plain, literal meaning, and we must not bypass it.
But Scripture also invites us to read typologically to see in the lives of God's servants patterns that speak beyond their historical moment. And here, the pattern is striking. Enoch did not merely 'depart' from earth. He had, long before that final moment, been 'departing' from himself.
The text tells us the reason God took him was that he "walked with God." Not occasionally. Not when it was convenient. "He walked" is a word that implies sustained, deliberate, directional movement with God. And walking with someone, truly over the long distance of a lifetime, inevitably shapes you into their likeness.
The God of Scripture does not co-pilot. He does not give advise from the passenger seat while we grip the wheel of our own ambitions. To walk with God is to walk under His direction , walking with God is allowing God to be the Pilot and that kind of walking costs something! It costs the dominance of self. The Apostle Paul understood this pretty well, He described his own spiritual life not as self-improvement but as crucifixion. Notice what Galatians 2:20:
"I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me."(NKJV).
The grammar in this verse is striking; past tense crucifixion, present tense resurrection. Something in Paul had already died, and something greater had taken its place; Paul had died to the flesh and was now walking with God. Keep in mind that, this is not mysticism. It is the consistent testimony of the New Covenant, notice Romans 8:13–14;
"those who are led by the Spirit of God are those who, by the Spirit, put to death the deeds of the body"(NKJV)
Listen, flesh is not merely managed; it is killed. Denied. Brought to the altar, again and again Unfortunately, this is precisely where many of us stall. We want the presence of God without the process of God! We desire His guidance but resist His reshaping; We welcome His power while quietly protecting the parts of ourselves we have not surrendered. But God is not interested in a partnership with our pride; He walks with us, and He is patient. But, He waits for the full surrender that makes true fellowship possible.
Notice, Before God took Enoch, God had been transforming Enoch; Before he was no more physically, he had become "no more" in spirit! Enock was no more driven by self-will, no more governed by fleshly appetite, no more anchored to the passing things of this world. His walk with God had so thoroughly consumed him that the old man thay is, the nature that once led and dominated him could no longer be found!
We may not be physically translated like Enock. But, we are called to the same disappearance; The same dying, the same progressive "no more" that comes to every Christian who walks sincerely and consistently with God. This means, as you choose to walk with God on a daily basis; Your reactions will change because something in you has been surrendered. Your desires will be purified because something in you has been put to death. Your speech will be different because something in you has been transformed. Imdeed, what once controlled you loses its grip because something in you is becoming "no more."
This transformation does not happen to passive observers; It happens to those who choose, each day, to be led by the Spirit rather than driven by the flesh. Those who deny the appetite when it rises. Who submit to the will of God when that submission is costly. Who hsve surrendered comfort, given up their reputation, and the need to be right and are now holding tightly to God alone.
Over time, the evidence of your walk with God will become undeniable. Why? Well, It will no longer be you performing righteousness. It is will be Christ expressing Himself through you the yielded clay. Ladies and gentlemen; This is the glory of the Christian life, not that we become more refined versions of ourselves, but that we decrease, and He increases (John 3:30). Not that we achieve more, but that we surrender more. Not that the world sees an impressive person, but that heaven sees less of us and more of Him.
Will you today choose to walk with God so that the old man begins to lose his voice? Will you stay with God until your desires have been purified, your will has been broken, and your life has been reoriented around God alone?If you do then, it will be said of you that brother or sister so and so walked with God until he/she was no more, only christ Jesus was seen in him/her!
