What does the bible say you should do if you have drifted from God?

Answer 1

1John 1:9 But if we confess our sins to God, he will keep his promise and do what is right: he will forgive us our sins and purify us from all our wrongdoing.

In order for us to walk day by day in fellowship with God and with our fellow believers, we must confess our sins: sins of commission, sins of omission, sins of thought, sins of act, secret sins, and public sins. We must drag them out into the open before God, call them by their names, take sides with God against them, and forsake them. Yes, true confession involves forsaking of sins: "He who covers his sins will not prosper: but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy" (Pro_28:13).

The forgiveness John speaks about here is parental, not judicial. ............. the sinning saint needs parental forgiveness, that is, the forgiveness of His Father. He obtains it by confessing his sin. We need judicial forgiveness only once; that takes care of the penalty of all our sins-past, present, and future. But we need parental forgiveness throughout our Christian life. - Believers Bible Commentary

Answer:

The Bible calls it "repentance" -- turning around in the opposite direction in obedience back to Him... and in heartfelt prayer, seek His Mercy and Forgiveness.

"...they are all estranged from Me through their idols. Therefore say unto the House of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God [Jesus Christ; John 1:3]; REPENT, and turn yourselvesfrom your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations." (Ezek.14:5-6)

"Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near: let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and HE WILL HAVE MERCY upon him; and to our God, for HE WILL ABUNDANTLY PARDON." (Isa. 55:6-7)