"My kids need the inheritance more than I need comfort; I should sacrifice everything for them."
How it sounds in your head: A good father provides for his children, even after death. If I spend on myself now, there'll be less for them later. I should live on as little as possible so they get more when I'm gone.
"A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous."
-- Proverbs 13:22Source: Enemy twisting provider identity into savior complex, making him responsible for adult children's provision instead of trusting God as their source.
His entire identity has been wrapped in provision and sacrifice for his family. The thought of spending on his own comfort feels selfish when he could leave more behind, especially if his kids are struggling financially.
Isaac sowed in famine and reaped a hundredfold the same year—he became so wealthy the Philistines envied him. His blessing didn't diminish his sons' inheritance; it multiplied it.
I REFUSE the lie that my comfort competes with my children's provision. IT IS WRITTEN that a good man leaves an inheritance, but it doesn't say he suffers to do it. I am under the BARAK blessing—it MULTIPLIES, it doesn't divide. God is able to provide for me NOW and leave abundance for my children later. IT IS WRITTEN that He is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all I ask or think. I am not my children's savior—Christ is. I trust Him as their source.
Your Father isn't asking you to choose between your provision and theirs—He's the God of MORE than enough for everyone. The prodigal's father threw a party without checking his budget first; abundance was already there.