Haggai, the prophet, wrote that God said, “I am with you.”
Jesus told his followers at the end of his ministry, “I will be with you.”
What does that mean?
Is it more than a feeling (sounds like a 60s love song)?
Jon Swanson asked once when Jesus asks you to follow him, what would you pack? Great question.
So, I packed to follow Jesus, because he is with me.
Literally? (OK, you Biblical literalists, hit me with that.)
Do I just think he is with me?
Do I believe that he is right here in the room with me? Do I see him? Hear him? Smell him?
Maybe I feel his presence in a way that cannot really be described in prose. It is more than a feeling. Yet, it is not a physical presence. I think they have hospitals for people who say they can see, touch and smell Jesus or God right now.
These meandering thoughts remind me of a Jesus movement song from a long time ago–love is something you do, not always something that you feel, but it’s real.
Yeah, that’s it.
Faith Venture 
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