Why does it seem so hard to get close to God?

Hello everyone. I hope that you have learned a few things about God from these posts. God is an amazing friend once you begin to know him. We have learned a little about God in the previous posts,now it is time to talk about why it seems so hard to get close to God. It really isn't that hard, but it does seem that way. We just have to come to God on his terms. We have a tendency to take things into our own hands, but God has made the way for us to have a close walk with him. It doesn't come through self-effort and how to seminars. We tend to want to earn things. That is not always a bad thing, but that is not how we start a walk with God. God did all the work for us. I know that is hard to wrap your mind around, but it is a truth that must be learned. You see, mankind has a problem that has been passed on from generation to generation. It all started with Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden. God gave them many fruit trees for food. We still have lots of fruit trees, even in our time. There was a tree called the tree of the knowledge of good and evil that God told them not to eat from. I will not go into a lot of detail about the story. The only thing that I would like to highlight about it is that Adam and Eve ate the fruit from the tree. They were disobedient to what God had told them to do. I am sure that each of us has heard the word sin. There are several words that are listed in scripture that are used for rebellion against God's commands. Some of the words used are sin, transgression, and iniquity. As a result of Adam's disobedience, rebellion against God has passed down to each one of us. We have all did things that go against God's commands. That is why it seems so hard to have a close walk with God. You might ask how that is possible. Sin separates us from God. If you read the story that I was describing earlier in the book of Genesis in the Bible, it tells us that God came to see Adam and Eve in the cool of the day. God came to see them, even after they had sinned. Notice I said that God came to visit them, even after they had disobeyed his command. What was there response to God's visit? They ran and hid from him. God didn't try to stay away from them, they hid from God. That happens in our day as well. We do something wrong and we run in the opposite direction from God. He doesn't want us to run away from him. He wants us to run into his arms. He loves you!!! I say again that he loves YOU!!!!! It doesn't matter what you have done. He is a God of grace and mercy. He is a forgiving God. He has made a way to give us a close walk with him. He did the same for Adam and Eve. In the next post, I will tell you about his plan. It is not my plan or your plan, but his plan. I hope that this has been a blessing to you. The things that I have talked about in this post may sound like bad news for us. It is not bad news, but a diagnosis that leads us to a cure. When we go to a physician, he gives us a diagnosis and tries to cure our problem. This post has shared the diagnosis, but God has provided a cure. God's cure will work, guaranteed.