the annoying cat

My son has a grey and white cat that seems to exist to annoy me. If I'm folding laundry, he jumps on the pile. If I'm working on the computer, he's up on the keyboard.  Hunting for something in a cupboard, he is right there, knocking everything over.  All day he follows me around the house, and if I leave, I have to be careful or he'll follow me down the street. There have been times I've been downtown, turned around and there was that cat following me again! Do you know how embarrasing it is to try to carry a snarling cat back home again?   Of course, when I complain to my son, the cat gets hugged, and I'm told that I'm just being mean.
There was a skit we used to do, that reminds me of that cat.   A student stood on stage with someone playing the charactre of Jesus.  They would interact with Jesus through the day, talking to him often. But then came some friends, inviting him to a party. Jesus started to follow him too, but they turned and ordered him to stay home. Jesus continued to follow, no matter how great the person demanded him to stay home.  Eventually, Jesus was dragged back into the house, where He was symbolically "nailed" by his hands and feet to make him stay.  
It was a point taken strongly by the students watching - that Jesus wants to be with you always, but that its your own choice where you take Him.

But that little skit had it ALL wrong!  Jesus doesn't walk beside you, acting as a friend who will hang out with you as you do all the "right" things, and then stay away from you when you are doing something He would not "approve" of.
Not at all.   Jesus lives IN you.  Colossians 1:27 says:  "And the mystery is that Christ lives in you, and he is your hope of sharing in God's glory."   He lives IN you and is with you, around you, being your very life.     Its not possible to remove Him for a time, so that you can go off without Him.  He is with you through every instant of your life.
I'm very glad to know this truth about God, and I'm very glad too, that it doesn't work the same with that cat!