霈羅在50歲時接受耶穌做他個人的救主。他過去是個脾氣暴躁又愛記仇的人，經常傷害身邊的人。當他接受教會的輔導時，他對自己的過往感到懊悔。他說：「我的人生上半場已無法改變，我想要好好過人生下半場。但該怎麼做呢？」

霈羅沒想到竟能在聖經的家譜中找到答案！當他讀到由摩西記載的亞當的家族譜系，他注意到許多亞當的後裔都是用這句話作為總結：「[誰]共活了[幾]歲就死了」（創世記5章8、11、14、17、20、27、31節）。但有一個人卻與眾不同。

摩西用「與上帝同行」來描述以諾（22、24節），表明以諾的生活方式就是親近上帝，並且憑信心「已經得了上帝喜悅他的明證」（希伯來書11章5節）。以諾堅定地持續信靠上帝，並相信祂賞賜那些尋求祂的人（6節）。以諾的行動和順服顯示他信靠這位全能的上帝，上帝因著他的信心，使他不必經歷死亡（5節）。

當霈羅問：「我該如何好好過人生下半場？」答案就是：「與上帝同行。」

我們在世上的生命不一定要以歲數來概括，也可以用我們對上帝的信心來總結。這信心讓上帝使用我們來完成祂的工作，祂所成就的將是我們無法計算的。

Pedro became a follower of Jesus at fifty. He’d been an angry, vindictive man who hurt those around him. As he received counseling from his church, he felt remorse over his past. “I now have less years ahead of me than behind me,” he said. “I want to live them well. But how?”

Pedro found his answer in an unlikely source—a genealogy. As he read Moses’ account of Adam’s family line, he noted that one sentence was repeated to describe Adam’s descendants: “Altogether, [name] lived a total of [number] years, and then he died” (see Genesis 5:8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 27, 31). But one man was described differently.

Enoch was described as one who “walked faithfully with God” (vv. 22, 24). He drew near to God, and that’s how he spent his earthly life. Because of his faith, “he was commended as one who pleased God” (Hebrews 11:5). Enoch had a steadfast, abiding trust in who God was and what He’d do for those who sought Him (v. 6). He expressed his trust in the Almighty by acting on it and obeying Him, and his faith was such that God spared him from physical death (v. 5).         

“How can I live my years well?” Pedro asked. “By walking faithfully with God.”

Our earthly life doesn’t have to be summed up in just a number. It can be summed up in our faith, which allows God to work in more ways than we can count.