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Scarcity vs Abundance mindset

 



"Hi Rachel"

"Hi"

"I have been watching you from afar of, and you seem very sad like something bad happened to you. Are you alright?"

 "How can I be alright, don't you know we have exams by 3pm, and it is already 12 noon. I am so scared, I think I am going to fail"

 " Fail? How can you even say that Rachel. You read all night, and you have even been reading since the beginning of the semester, and you still feel like you are going to fail. What about me who was barely able to read all the topics. You need to stop saying that Rachel. You have done your best, you have studied hard, you just leave the rest to God and trust him for your success"

 " I understand where you are coming from, it is just that, I usually have this feeling that I need to work and over work than the average person so as not to fail. I am not even striving to be on a first class, I just want to pass and move to the next class"

I was watching a conversation between Stephanie Ike and Pastor Toure on YouTube and the topic of scarcity and abundance mindset was raised, and it really struck me.
When something is scarce it means it is limited in number and abundance is the opposite meaning when something is in abundance there is enough of it to be distributed amongst people. When a material or resource is scarce, human beings have the nature of fighting or competing for it which leads to a disruption of peace, war and even fear of been amongst the people who would not have access to the resources.
In one way or the other we might have been in a situation where we felt the fear of not having something because in our mind it was scarce, and we felt we had to do much more than other people because of the fear of scarcity.
The scarcity mind set is not a good one, it might drive you you do great things, but your motive would be fuelled by fear. Our mindset needs to change from a scarcity mindset to a mindset of abundance. We should know that all things are ours.

(1 Corinthians 3:21-23
So let no one exult proudly concerning men [boasting of having this or that man as a leader], for all things are yours, Whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas (Peter), or the universe or life or death, or the immediate and threatening present or the [subsequent and uncertain] future–all are yours, And you are Christ's, and Christ is God's.)

Yes, we would definitely need to work hard for them, but it should be with the mindset that we are blessed already in all our endeavors.
The Bible said "The earth is the Lords and its fullness thereof", it means that all we see around including the desire of our hearts belongs to God, and he is willing to give us all that we ask for according to his will so basically, everything is ours too. 
We have abundant blessings, health, wealth, prosperity and success in God,  all we need to do is trust in him to provide all our needs according to his riches in glory. If we don't have it now, may be it is just not the rights time according to God's plan.

 The money, the degree, the anointing, the relationships, good health, wisdom, prosperity every thing is ours in abundance. Remeber he he has given you life and life in abundance, so we have plenty, therefore, do away with the scarcity mindset.

Don't be like Rachel in the above story who worked so had for her exam but was consumed with fear of failure because she had a mindset that success was a scarce commodity in her life. She worked so hard yet she limited her self,  she didn't believe she could be on a 1st class. All her effort was because she wanted to avoid failing.
What if she had an abundance mindset, What if she made effort and believed that success is hers already but no, it was the other way round. 
Make all the effort, put in the extra work but while doing that you must believe that you are already blessed, God has given you what you are seeking for already, YOU HAVE BLESSING, IN ABUNDANCE.

 When there is an abundance mindset:
1. Competition is removed
2. Envy is eradicated
3. Jealousy is destroyed
4. We dream bigger
5. Our vision become broadened
6. There is no room for small and mediocre thinking
7. And most especial, we don't limit the almighty God




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