Dharius Daniels - The Mindset God NEEDS Us to Have

Many people miss their Macedonia because they settle for a Bania. Paul had to be willing to walk away from the wrong door even though the right door hadn’t opened yet. Did you hear what I just said? Yeah, he had to be—come on! He had to be willing to go on a no when God didn’t tell him. The Holy Spirit didn’t say, «I’m going to send you to Macedonia.» The Holy Spirit just said no.

Come on! This is what it really means, or this is an expression of what it means to walk by faith. It doesn’t just take faith to walk through some doors; it takes faith to walk away from some doors because he had to obey a prompting when God didn’t give him an explanation. Did you hear what I just said? It would make sense if God had told Paul, «Don’t go there; I have something else for you.» He just said no. It means he had to be willing to walk away from a door, not sure if another one would open.

I’ve got to go, but his activity is an indication that he wasn’t infected with desperation because desperation destroys discernment. You can’t make good decisions when you’re desperate. When you’re desperate, every opportunity looks like a good opportunity. When you’re desperate, every job looks like a good job. When you’re desperate, every man looks like a good man. When you’re desperate, every woman looks like a good woman. When you’re desperate, every client looks like a good client. When you’re desperate, it destroys discernment, and desperation is an indication of a scarcity mindset.

It means your view of God is a view of limitations. It means you’re operating with a belief that there’s never enough of what one wants or needs. It is dangerous, unhealthy, and unbiblical because your God is not a God of not enough. Come here! Your God is a God of more than enough. So we reject a scarcity mindset and embrace an abundance mindset. When you have an abundance mindset and you’re getting ready to walk through a door, and God says it’s not your door, you walk away and say, «There’s another one.»

I want somebody at the 11:30 service who believes your God is a God of abundance to just say, «Another one.» The same God, good God Almighty, that opens doors that no one can shut and closes doors that no one can open will send me another door. That’s why you shouldn’t let people control you; you shouldn’t let people exploit you, and you shouldn’t let people infect you with fear, causing you to think they are the only ones who can open the door. God’s got all kinds of keys!