"Prosperity will corrupt me, so it's safer to stay in lack."
How it sounds in your head: You've seen what money does to people—they change, get proud, forget God. Maybe God is protecting you by keeping you broke. The struggle keeps you humble. Abundance would probably ruin you spiritually. Better poor and pure than rich and corrupt.
"Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy."
-- 1 Timothy 6:17Religious spirit that treats poverty as protection and abundance as spiritual danger, inverting God's covenant design.
You've watched people get money and lose their way. The correlation between wealth and spiritual compromise feels obvious and personal protection through lack feels wise.
Joseph went from prison to second-in-command of Egypt in one day, wearing Pharaoh's signet ring and riding in the second chariot. Instant wealth and power didn't corrupt him—it positioned him to save nations.
I REFUSE the lie that prosperity will corrupt me. IT IS WRITTEN that God gives me richly ALL things to enjoy, and His blessing adds NO sorrow. I am a branch abiding in the Vine—connected to Jesus, I cannot produce bad fruit. IT IS WRITTEN that the BARAK blessing makes me the head and not the tail, lender and not borrower. Joseph received instant wealth and power and it didn't corrupt him—it revealed his character. Poverty isn't protection—it's a curse Christ redeemed me from. I receive abundance because I'm rooted in the incorruptible.
Your Father isn't keeping you broke to keep you safe. He's the one who hardwired you to handle the abundance He's been preparing, and He's not afraid of what money will do to a son who's secure in His love.