"Wanting financial abundance at my age is selfish when others are struggling."
How it sounds in your head: I've had my turn. I should be content with what I have and not ask for more while younger families are barely making it. Wanting increase now feels greedy, especially on a fixed income.
"Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers."
-- 3 John 1:2Religious teaching that poverty equals humility and wanting more equals greed.
You've watched the Depression-era values of 'just enough' and see younger generations drowning in debt. The guilt feels noble, like sacrificial living, but it's actually agreement with lack.
Abraham was 75+ when God called him, already wealthy, yet God made him 'very rich in livestock, silver and gold.' God didn't rebuke his wealth—He multiplied it into old age. The blessing increased, not decreased, with age.
I REFUSE the lie that wanting abundance is selfish. IT IS WRITTEN that the Father prays I prosper in ALL things. I am Abraham's seed through Christ, heir according to promise. The BARAK blessing protects and increases me regardless of my age or retirement status. IT IS WRITTEN that Christ redeemed me from the curse of poverty so the blessing of Abraham might come upon me. My prosperity glorifies God and funds His kingdom. I receive without guilt because Jesus paid the price. I am the blessed of the Lord!
The Father isn't rationing blessings like Depression-era bread lines. He's the prodigal's father who killed the fattened calf while you were still far off, running toward you with the family ring of authority and the robe of abundance, throwing a party because increase in your hands means increase in His kingdom.