I asked for, and received, a “Fitbit” for Christmas. I wanted it primarily for tracking my daily steps. I know there are apps on the phone that will do it, but I don’t always have my phone on me, so I thought this would be a more practical way of tracking. What has amazed me is how many steps I take even before I walk out the door to begin visits for the day. Does anyone else experience this?
Tracking steps made me think back to times I had a twisted ankle or was recovering from something and had to limit my steps. You realize how much walking is involved in almost every aspect of life. You have to be strategic about your steps when you have some sort of limitation. Walking is so ordinary, yet so vital to our functioning.
I also began to think about how many Scriptures talk about walking:
“Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time because the days are evil” (Ephesians 5:15).
“…walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him; bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God (Colossians 1:10).
“…we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more” (1 Thess. 4:1).
“But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin” (1 John 1:7).
“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them” (Ephesians 2:10).
“Therefore as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
In the ordinariness of every day, as we go, as we work, as we walk, may we be in step and walk with Him.
Life By The Way 