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“千里之行，始于足下”（中国谚语）。二零二二年四月的一个清晨，我沿着阿巴拉契亚山道（Appalachian Trail）开启了徒步旅行的第一步，这条山道从佐治亚州一直延伸到美国东部的缅因州。在享受神美好创造的同时，我也在默想《圣经》中出现的与“行走”相关的主题。

自古以来，徒步一直是人们最常见的出行方式。因此，《圣经》中提到行走多达超过二百次也就不足为奇了。无论人们是短途出行还是长途旅行，他们都要一步一个脚印地向前走。在《圣经》中，希伯来语的“行走”（halak）一词也可以指跟随神，在属祂的世界里为祂而活。

在《申命记》第八章中，我们可以看到这两种行走的例子。神的子民在旷野行走了四十年。现在，他们正准备进入神的应许之地，神提醒他们要遵行耶和华的道，在一切所行的事上敬畏祂。神也应许要大大赐福与他们。

今天无论我们在哪里行走，无论是短途出行还是长途旅行，愿每一步都蒙祂提醒走在神的道路上，尊崇祂。

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” (Chinese proverb). Early one morning in April 2022, I took the first step on a hiking trip along the Appalachian Trail, which stretches from Georgia to Maine in the eastern United States. While enjoying God’s good and beautiful creation, I also meditated on the theme of “walking” in the Bible.

Since ancient times, walking has been the most common way for people to go from place to place. It’s no surprise, then, that walking is mentioned more than 200 times in the Bible. Whether people took short strolls or long journeys, they moved forward one step at a time. In the Bible, the Hebrew word for “walk” (halak) can also refer to following God and living for him in his world.

In Deuteronomy 8 we find examples of both kinds of walk­ing. God’s people had been walking in the wilderness for 40 years. And now, preparing to enter the land that God had promised them, they were reminded to walk in the ways of the Lord and to honor God in all they would do. And God promised to bless them abundantly.

Wherever we walk today, on short strolls or a long journey, may each step remind us to walk in God’s ways and to honor him.