Dear CFO Family,
As we celebrate 90 years of CFO by participating in the CFO Joy Walk
2020, let’s remember that as we walk in joy, we do so because we walk
with Jesus. I was excited to begin this adventure for the month of October. I
had actually begun a walking journey seven months earlier when many of
us were forced to stay home due to the Coronavirus Pandemic. I began
originally walking to get some much needed exercise and to have a break
from all of the Zoom and Google Meets that I was having to be involved in,
ha.ha. But seriously, I began to use my walking time as a prayer time or as
a time to listen to some good Bible teaching or some good music to refresh
my soul.
More recently as I began walking in honor of CFO’s 90th Anniversary, I
couldn’t help but remember the song, “Walking With Jesus” that I have
sung several times either during rhythms or singing time at CFO camps.
The song was a great reminder that indeed Jesus was walking with me as I
walked around my neighborhood. I found myself being prompted by Jesus
to pray for family, friends, co-workers and neighbors. During these walks,
Jesus helped me to get my mind off of the discouraging circumstances of
the Pandemic and notice the beauty of the landscape around me.
Sometimes I would walk on a clear night and look up to see all of the stars
and be reminded that my God created all of those stars as well as the
galaxies I couldn’t see. His creation reminded me of how great our God is
and how He has our life in His hands.
Lately, I have pondered what it means to actually walk with God. I have
come to believe that God enjoys walking with his children. I believe we
were created to walk in fellowship with God. It’s God’s design. It’s God’s
plan. Several scriptures reveal that God walks and calls his people to walk
with him. For instance, “And they (Adam & Eve) heard the sound of the
Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day” (Genesis 3:8)
“Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him” (Genesis
5:24). How wonderful is that? Enoch walked so closely with God that one
day he just didn’t come home. I guess that Enoch got so close with God as
they walked together that this world could no longer contain Enoch. Noah
also walked with God. “Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his
generation. Noah walked with God” (Genesis 6:9).
More recently, the Holy Spirit highlighted a passage of scripture to me in
Luke 24 where two disciples were walking to the village of Emmaus. Luke
24:15 says, “As they talked and discussed these things (the events
surrounding the crucifixion of Jesus) with each other, Jesus himself came
up and walked along with them.” Jesus asked them what they were
talking about and they told him. Then Jesus began to unveil who he was as
revealed in the Old Testament. “And beginning with Moses and all the
Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures
concerning himself” (Luke 24:27). The two disciples urged Jesus to stay
with them as it became evening. Then Luke tells that “when he was at the
table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to
them. Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he
disappeared from their sight” (Luke 24:30-31).
I believe that Jesus will still do the same today as he walks with us along
life’s paths. As Jesus walks along the road with us, he reveals himself to us
through his word. As we fellowship with him through the breaking of bread,
he opens our eyes to behold the wonder of the risen Savior. May it be as
we walk with Jesus not only in this month but as we journey with him
throughout our life. May we always walk in his light and have fellowship
with one another (1 John 1:7). May we always walk by the Spirit and keep
in step with the Spirit so that we will not gratify the desires of the flesh
(Galatians 5:16). May we always be aware and responsive to his presence
as he walks with us. As we walk with Jesus, may our prayer always be,
“Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Let there
be peace on earth and let it begin with me.”
Ron Hendrix
October 4, 2020
Greenville, South Carolina
Shrinemont, CFO
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