I’ve been very blessed throughout my life. Blessed with a loving family, good home, and especially blessed that I was introduced to who Jesus is at such a young age. God is so good and I’ve seen His faithfulness throughout my life. Because I’ve been so blessed in my life, sometimes I think I feel selfish or ungrateful for wanting more of Jesus and wanting more of who He is because He has already given me so much. I forget that’s exactly what He wants: For me to want more of who He is, for me to have a hunger for Him, and for me to have a burning desire in my heart for Him. So, in reality, my feelings of selfishness and ungratefulness for wanting all of that is just the enemy trying to distract me. It’s the enemy trying to put lies in my head. It’s the enemy trying to keep me from seeing that God truly does want that for my life and He wants to show me who He is because He is good and loving and life giving.
I declare over myself that I will no longer feel ungrateful or selfish for wanting, desiring, and asking for more of Jesus because that is exactly what He desires for me. I declare that I will not be afraid to ask for more from Him. I declare that I will have a hunger for more of Him. I declare that I will pursue Him and know Him and allow Him to build me up into who He wants me to be. I declare that I will be refined by Jesus Christ. I declare that I am a beloved child of the most high God who wants to show me who He is and have a relationship with me.
“And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, find. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.” -Luke 11:9-10
