"Reaching Out To God"

"O God, Thou hast cast us off, Thou hast scattered us, Thou hast been displeased; O turn Thyself to us again." (Psalms 60:1) So, if God changes not, then how do you think it is that He turns away? I was thinking about my relationship with my son, and how it was that I felt so convicted when I turned my back on him; and how God spoke to my heart about His love for me needed to be lived out in my life to others. Think about this, because I think a God that would suffer and die for us the way that He did, would also not turn His back on the ones that He died for! It is really more about Him making us want Him more, because He wants us to depend upon Him, not the world, and especially not ourselves. The world will try and teach you that you need to be self-sufficient, and they say that God is just a crutch for real believers; but I will take their statement a step or two further, and say that Jesus is more of a wheelchair than a crutch, because I can go nowhere unless I am seated in Christ! If I could, I do not think that God would let me get away from Him; at least that is how I see myself in Christ; once I am His, I am always His; and technically, I have always been His, even before I ever existed, He knew me. We can easily see the situation the way it is explained in this verse; more times than I care to think about, I question if God has given up on me or not; if He is really so displeased with my life, that He has cast me off as His child, and has turned His back on me for good. I think that there is really just one answer for any thinking like that: "Forgive me Father, for I have sinned"...
"Think of it this way. If a father dies and leaves an inheritance for his young children, those children are not much better off than slaves until they grow up, even though they actually own everything their father had. They have to obey their guardians until they reach whatever age their father set. And that's the way it was with us before Christ came. We were like children; we were slaves to the basic spiritual principles of this world. But when the right time came, God sent His Son, born of a woman, subject to the law. God sent Him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that He could adopt us as His very own children. And because we are His children, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, prompting us to call out, "Abba, Father". Now you are no longer a slave but God's own child. And since you are His child, God has made you His heir." (Galatians 4:1-7) NLT