By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God. Heb. 11:5
In Genesis 5:24, the Hebrew word for walk indicates the idea of "walking to and fro". The implication is that wherever God was, Enoch was there also. If God went left, Enoch went left. If God stood still, so did Enoch. He was caught up in the great way of God. The word is also used with the connotation that the one who would walk before Yahweh be blameless and pleasing to Him (cf Gen. 17:1) The author of Hebrews quotes the Septuagint (Greek translation of the Old Testament) which picks up on this idea of the Hebrew word and translates it with a Greek word that can mean "to please someone". The way that the Greek is used in both the Septuagint and the New Testament gives the idea that the sum total of Enoch's life was one that was pleasing to God.
How does one walk with God in such a way that the Most High finds pleasure and delight in him? The author of Hebrews tells us in verse 6 that it is by faith, and that without this faith it is impossible to please God.
The great aim of the sanctification of the Spirit is to get us walking with God. He desires to pull us out of ourselves and get us caught up in the Great Way of God. Enoch was caught up in the Great Way of God. He was in stride with Him and only did what He saw God doing. He only went where God told him to go. Thus, he was pleasing to God.
When we turn to the New Testament, we see that this type of life finds its zenith in the Son of Man. Jesus himself said in John 5:19 "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise." There it is! Do you see it? It is the bravura of His relationship with God. Jesus shows us this dazzling display of what it means to truly walk with God.
The next question we have to ask is "what does faith have to do with all of this?" Indeed this is an important question, for without it, we are unable to live in a manner that is pleasing to God. It is a given that saving faith is a gift that can only be granted to a person by God (Eph. 2:8-9). In the context of Hebrews, it is not saving faith that the author has in mind, though it can certainly not be excluded. Based on verse 6, the faith has to do with "diligently seeking". In other words, a life that is pleasing to God is one that takes Him for who He is, and expends itself to following hard after Him and getting caught up in His Great Way.
In order to walk with God, you must come to your own funeral. Paul went to his when he said in Galatians 2:20 "I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." As long as the idol of self is allowed to co-exists next to the ark of God, there will be divided loyalty. You cannot be focused on God and walking in stride with Him as long as you are self conscious. You will always factor yourself into the equation. There is no place in the spiritual highlands for a saint, who like the Levite that served Micah and his household gods for 10 shekels and a shirt (Jdgs 17), that will compromise. The inclusion of self will always lead to compromise.
To be in God's Great Way is impossible without faith. Once we come to our own funeral, we have to trust in the life of the Son of God to carry out this stringent lifestyle through us. He was the one who had perfect vision and insight to what God was doing, and the power, by faith, to carry out what He heard. Since Christ now lives in us, He wants to live that same type of life through us- the life in stride with God. It is the life that only does what it sees the Father doing. This requires vision of God, and vision is only obtained by standing in the presence of God.
What is the life that is pleasing to God? It is the life of faith that turns all of its being to the face of God, and allows the Son to bring him or her into the blessed fellowship and wonder of the Triune God.