By Rev Dr Sam Oye
“Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us…”
— Ephesians 3:20 (NKJV)
What’s limiting you isn’t lack—it’s limited thinking and small mindedness. Scarcity is mental poverty disguised as realism. It is not first a condition—it’s a conviction. It convinces you that there’s never enough, that you’re not enough, and that God can’t do enough. But the truth is: the moment your perspective shifts, your provision follows.
The real war is not over your wallet—it’s over your mindset. Until your thinking changes and expands, your life cannot increase and multiply. Why? Because the size of your faith will always determine the size of your future.
What Is a Scarcity Mindset?
A scarcity mindset is a belief system rooted in fear, lack, limitation, insufficiency, belief that resources are limited, leading to fear, competition, and a reluctance to share.
It sounds like:
• “What if there’s not enough?”
• “I better hold back, just in case.”
• “Other people always win—I never do.”
• “Let me just survive.”
Scarcity shrinks your risk, cripples your generosity, and paralyzes your potential.
You don’t dream.
You manage.
You don’t sow.
You store.
And slowly, without realizing it, you start to protect what you should release to multiply. God doesn’t fund fear. He rewards faith.
Scarcity Is a Stronghold
Scarcity is more than a mindset—it is a spiritual stronghold. It attacks three main areas of your life:
- Your View of God – You reduce Him to your past limitations, not His present possibilities. “Is the Lord’s arm too short?” — Numbers 11:23
- Your View of Yourself – You think you’re too ordinary to make extraordinary impact. “We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes.” — Numbers 13:33
- Your View of Resources – You believe there’s never enough to do what you’re called to do.
“All we have are five loaves and two fish…” — Matthew 14:17
What you believe about God will determine how bold you are with what He’s given you.
Scarcity Kills Multiplication
• It silences ideas.
• It strangles generosity.
• It stifles innovation.
• It settles for survival, not significance.
The greatest tragedy is not that you had little, but that you expected little.
Small thinking is self-sabotage disguised as safety.
Scripture Always Contrasts Scarcity With Faith:
• Abraham didn’t stagger at God’s promise, even when his body was as good as dead. (Romans 4:19)
• Isaac sowed in famine and reaped a hundredfold. (Genesis 26:12)
• Elijah told the widow to pour the little oil—and it never ran out. (1 Kings 17:14)
• Jesus didn’t pray for more fish—He blessed what they had, and it multiplied. (Matthew 14:19)
Multiplication never starts with abundance. It always starts with a shift in mindset—from lack to leverage.
Signs You’re Stuck in a Scarcity Mindset
• You obsess over saving instead of sowing.
• You downplay opportunities that feel too big.
• You envy others’ success instead of learning from it.
• You cling to control because trust feels too risky.
• You procrastinate on dreams because “now isn’t the right time.”
Let this awaken your soul:
Scarcity builds walls.
Faith builds bridges.
How to Shift from Scarcity to Multiplication
- Audit Your Inner Vocabulary
What are you constantly saying about money, ideas, opportunities, or yourself?
Kill phrases like:
• “That’s impossible.”
• “I don’t deserve that.”
• “I’m just trying to survive.”
Replace them with truth:
“My God shall supply all my needs…” — Philippians 4:19
- Practice Prophetic Imagination
Don’t just see what’s present—visualize what’s possible.
Stretch your thinking.
Break the ceiling in your mind.
Dare to ask God for more than your budget, background, or degree can afford.
“Enlarge the place of your tent… do not hold back.” — Isaiah 54:2
- Honor What You Already Have
Multiplication doesn’t begin with what’s missing.
It begins with what’s in your hands.
“What’s that in your hand?” — Exodus 4:2
God doesn’t multiply complaints.
He multiplies obedience.
- Sow Generously, Even in Lack
Scarcity says, “Hold on tight.”
Faith says, “Sow, and it will be given.”
“He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly…” — 2 Corinthians 9:6
Stop waiting for overflow to be generous. Start giving your little, and watch God breathe on it.
- Refuse to Be Mentored by Fear
Every time fear says, “Don’t try,”
Faith says, “Act and watch what God can do.”
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear…” — 2 Timothy 1:7
Final Charge
Your thinking is your ceiling.
You can’t multiply beyond your mindset.
God is not limited by your background—but He is hindered by your beliefs.
You must choose to shift:
• From fear-based survival to faith-fueled expansion.
• From clenching your fist to opening your hand.
• From playing it safe to taking Kingdom-sized risks.
You were not saved to stay small.
You were not redeemed to remain restrained.
You’ve been surviving long enough.
This is your call to multiply.
Reject the lies.
Challenge the limits.
God can do more than you’ve ever dared to imagine.
But He’s waiting on one thing—your mental shift.
Welcome to your new reality.
This is the shift—from scarcity to multiplication.
Stretch. Risk. Build. Multiply.
🗣 Personal Declarations:
• I renounce every lie of lack and limitation.
• I walk in divine abundance and supernatural provision.
• My mind is renewed, my vision is expanded, and my resources are multiplying.
• I don’t just survive—I sow, stretch, and scale.
• I shift—from a scarcity mindset to divine multiplication!
