Are we with Jesus?

I was reading in Mark 3 this morning and saw how Jesus called people to be with Him. I want to be with Jesus. I want to be with Him not just in the future, but today as well. I also noticed that there were at least three groups of people who were not with Him. The first group are those that knew Him as the Son of God, they even acknowledged it, but they chose not to believe in Him or to follow Him. The demons that Jesus cast out of individuals should have known Him better than anyone. They knew Him before He walked this earth, but they still chose to reject Him. The second group that was not with Him is revealed in the religious leaders. From their understanding of Scripture, they should have recognized Him, but instead they believed He was controlled by a demon. The last group is represented by those closest to him, which is His family. They knew Him better than anyone else on earth. They had lived together for 30 years. He shared meals with them, played with them, laughed with them, probably cried with them. If anyone should have known Him it should have been them. But yet the Scripture states that they believed He was out of His mind and they came to take charge of Him. Three groups of people that should have known more about Jesus than anyone, but yet each one in their own way rejected Him. Who were those that were with Jesus. According to Jesus those who are with Him are those who do God's will (Mark 3:35). So how do we know if we are with Jesus? Is there something that we must do? According to Jesus there is something we must do. Jesus states in John 6:40 "My father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life." He also states in John 6:29 "The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent." So in order to be with Jesus we must first believe that He is who He said He is. We must believe that He is God's one and only Son sent to earth so that we might have a right relationship with God through faith in Him and His finished work on the cross of calvary. All three of the groups in Mark rejected this premise, thus they were all guilty of denying the work of the Holy Spirit. They saw the evidence that He was who He said He was, but still they attributed His work to someone or something else. So I ask the question "are we with Jesus?" Remember from yesterday that our actions can often deceive us. Jesus said in Matthew 7:21 "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven." Jesus then goes on to mention several good activities that people do in His name, but He will state that He never knew them. I just wanted to give you something to think about this morning and this weekend. Ask yourself "Am I with Jesus?"