A parable is told of six residents of a blind village. They made their way to a well to get water, and there they encountered a man riding an elephant. Wanting to “see” the elephant, they requested permission to feel the elephant.

Upon returning to their village, they explained the encounter with the large animal. The six were asked what the elephant was like. Here are their responses.

• The first man said, “An elephant is like a great thick wall.” – for he had felt the side of the elephant.
• “Nonsense,” said the second man. “He is like a spear.”  – for he had felt the tusks.
• The third man felt the ear, and said, “The elephant is like a gigantic leaf made of thick wool carpet. It moves when you touch it.”
• “I disagree,” said the fourth man who had felt the trunk. “I can tell you that an elephant is like a giant snake.”
• The fifth man shouted his objection. He had touched the legs of the elephant and concluded, “An elephant is round and thick, like a tree.”
• The sixth man rode on the elephant’s back. “Can’t any of you accurately describe an elephant? He is like a giant moving mountain!”

The parable ends by saying that to this day, the six men continue to argue, and no one in the village has any idea what an elephant looks like.

As times, there is an elephant in the church, and its name is FAITH.

Defining FAITH has led to misconceptions and arguments. Some act as if faith is some kind of magical potion or power, and that if we could just work up enough faith, we can make anything happen. Others mistakenly think of faith as positive thinking.

God, in His infinite wisdom, had a writer to pen the eleventh chapter of Hebrews in order to gain a proper understanding of faith. Hebrews eleven not only defines faith but it also goes on to list dozens of men and women who are known for their accurate understanding of faith.

There are all kinds of stories and miracles and wonders in Hebrews chapter eleven. Enoch is the most fascinating on the list to me.

Enoch is not known for anything famous. Enoch never raised a rod and parted a sea so people could walk on dry ground. There is nothing written that tells us that Enoch, like Abraham, left his home and in a great step of faith began his journey with God. We do not see that Enoch, like Sarah, had a word from God and a great thing miraculously emerged from his faith.

In Hebrews eleven, we see a man listed in the faith chapter and all it tells us is that he walked with God and lived a life that was pleasing to God. It never tells us that he did a miracle, never raised the dead, never turned bitter water into sweet water. He never built an ark. The Bible just says that Enoch had enough faith to walk with God and enough faith that the testimony of his life was that he pleased God.

When the scripture says that Enoch walked with God and pleased God, we would have to understand that God is not so much interested in what we do as He is in how we walk. What pleases God is when we walk with God.

I know of no greater testimony than being someone who walked with God and pleased Him.

Perhaps you have looked up to the “great” Christians who have done lofty things. Maybe after noticing them, you feel about two inches tall when it comes to faith. STOP THAT RIGHT NOW!

We are in a time upon the earth that evil is rampant. Good is often called evil, and evil is often called good. The prophet Isaiah spoke about this issue. “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.” – Isaiah 5:20-21 NIV.

The phrase “good is called evil and evil good” comes directly from the Bible. The prophet warned against the moral inversion where people reverse right and wrong, calling evil good and darkness light. It describes a state of rejecting God’s standards, leading to societal decay, where destructive ideas are praised and righteousness is condemned.

We are there!

In times like these, God is looking for people with enough faith to walk righteously with Him. Thank God for Noahs who build arks. Thank God for Pauls who write books of the Bible. Thank God for the Davids who know how to write songs to God. All of those are wonderful things. They certainly take faith in God to accomplish.

In 2026, in a society that calls evil good, wrong right, and darkness light, we need faith like Enoch. Enoch encountered God in a time when there was much godlessness on the earth. That God-encounter led Enoch to become a man who walked with God. Regardless of all the pressures around him, he walked with God. He was not noted for some great miracle. Yet, God made sure to mention him early in the verses of Hebrews eleven.

I want to be an Enoch who walks with God and whose greatest goal is to live a life pleasing in the sight of God. In a society that paid little attention to God, Enoch lived a life of faithfulness in a corrupt world.

One day as God and Enoch walked together, the Bible says that God brought Enoch to live with Him eternally. No death for Enoch. The Bible says Enoch was no more. I like the way D. L. Moody, who talking about this verse, pictured it. He said, he just pictured God and Enoch walking together one day, and it got near the end of the day and God said to Enoch, “Well, we’re closer to my house than we are yours. Why don’t you just come home with me?” And he went home with him, just like that.

I want to have faith to walk with God. In 2026 when so many are compromising truth, I want to have Heaven say of me, “She walked with God and pleased Him.”

The greatest commentary of our lives is to say we walked with God. Give me faith like Enoch.