How Do We Know if We've Been Approaching God?

"My children can ask more of me and there are no limits to when they can approach me. Why? Because they pay good rent," he says. "We can either approach God on the basis of what we've done, or we could approach Him on the based of who we are in light of what Christ has done." He asks: Are you approaching him as His Son saying, Father, all I've ever done has cost you?"