I try to do a worship walk at least four times a week, my goal is five times. Last Monday I went on my first walk of the week and when I got home I plopped in my recliner and began to laugh.
I used to walk listening to songs on my MP3 player. It played into my hearing aids. Then I broke my MP3 player, and I am too cheap to buy another one. So, I listened to my music on my phone. Unfortunately I also lost one of my good hearing devices with the Bluetooth. I am too cheap to buy more expensive devices so settled for ones that do not have Bluetooth capabilities. All that to say, I play my music on my phone for all the world to hear when I walk.
Monday is not the best day to walk in my neighborhood. It is garbage day, so my walk is spent dodging cans. Some people put their cans on the sidewalk, some put them in the gutter. Which means that sometimes I am walking on the sidewalk, and sometimes I am walking in the gutter.
Then there are the dogs that try to freak me out when I walk by. They begin to growl and bark, and I am never sure they aren’t going to come charging through the broken fence boards in many yards. And, of course, there are the smells. From the garbage cans I must walk around. All this while I am playing my worship music and praising my LORD.
As I sat in my chair I laughed. My worship walk was so much like trying to walk the narrow road in the middle of the world’s broad one. Dodging obstacles. Remaining peaceful when the enemy is threatening. Praising my LORD and praying amid the decay and stench of the world’s evil.
I even walked with a cane (some call religion a crutch), but I have found leaning on those everlasting arms to keep me going is one of the most delightful parts of walking with the LORD every day. [Deuteronomy 33:26-28]
