Teach me your way, O LORD,
Psalm 86:11
and I will walk in your truth;
give me an undivided heart,
that I may fear your name.
I got a fitness tracker last month. These little gadgets seem to be all the craze right now. I see I’ve walked over 7000 steps today. By showing me how much I’ve walked, it encourages me to get in my required steps each day, hopefully leading to a healthier lifestyle. How I walk has impacts on the much of my life, not just while I’m walking.
The Bible uses the word ‘walk’ to describe more than just the physical action of walking and movement. It describes how you live your life. The rabbinic concept of halakhah is one’s actions (literally one’s walk). In a world where everyone walked everyone, this provides an apt description for living out one’s life. We read that “Enoch walked with God” (Genesis 5:22). Likewise, Noah “walked with God” (Genesis 6:9). Your walk with God impacts every aspects of your life.
How’s your walk?