"Reaching In" -2

"Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?" (Psalms 44:24) True, I mentioned puzzle, but it's not a puzzle that is meant to not be figured out; it's more like the kind of puzzle where you match things listed on opposite sides of the page, by drawing a line connecting one thing from this line to something from that line. First off, I honestly doubt that God hides His face, nor does He sleep, as in not paying attention; God has no need to think, "Oh, I wonder what they are doing?", because He already knows; and He surely does not forget about the things that we are going through; if He has numbered the very hairs on our heads, I am pretty sure He has counted all of our days also. Secondly, if any one has hidden themselves, or has become forgetful, it is us; in other words, if any one needs an adjustment, it is us, not God! Just as John was saying about "and every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as He is pure", because God does not change, nor does He need to change, but it is us that must be changed to be more like Him. Not only do we need to be changed, but we must want to be changed; we must want it more than we want any other thing, which is our part of the purification process. It is God that does the purifying, but is you and I that must allow Him to do so by having a heart that wants to be changed; which as John said, is motivated by the hope within us that "when He shall appear, we shall be like Him". Basically, the point I believe that needs to be focused upon, is that God's protection is always right there for the taking, or for the receiving, however you which to look upon it; but it requires us to approach God in Spirit and in truth; in Spirit, because God requires and seeks those that worship Him so; in truth, because we must be totally honest before Him, which means that we totally realize how much we need Him, and how much we fall short of His glory and holiness... "And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened." (Luke 11:9 & 10)