"And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age" (Matt. 28:20).
Many Christians are more than familiar with these words of Jesus in the final line of the Gospel of Matthew. It ranks among the greatest promises of God and gives much comfort and assurance to Christians.
While in English it reads, "I am with you," the word order in the original Greek is this:
"I with you am."
It is a kind of word picture in which believers are protected in Christ. And it gives new meaning to Paul's statement that we "have been baptized into Christ Jesus" (Rom. 6:3). It helps visualize Philippians 3:8-9: "...in order that I may gain Christ and be found in Him." Or Psalm 139:5: "You hem me in, behind and before."
God introduced Himself as I AM all the way back in Exodus 3:14. But the name reaches its final form in Matthew 28:20: I with you AM. For in Christ, incarnate, crucified, and risen, God opened Himself up and has taken us in!
He is with you today, tomorrow, and all the days. Better still, you are safely within Him.
