"Wanting financial comfort at my age is greedy; I should be content with less."
How it sounds in your head: Spiritual people don't chase money in their seventies. You should be focused on eternal things, not comfort. Wanting ease is selfish when others suffer. Be grateful for what you have and stop being materialistic.
"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 spirituality; twisted Scripture about contentment into condemnation of desire.
You've heard 'godliness with contentment' preached for decades, and wanting more feels like failing the spiritual maturity test. Peers who express financial desires get labeled worldly, and you don't want to be that person.
He asked for wisdom, not wealth, yet God said 'BECAUSE you didn't ask for riches, I'm giving you riches anyway—both what you asked for AND what you didn't ask for.' Instant absurd wealth became his without him even requesting it.
I REFUSE the lie that desiring financial comfort is spiritual failure. IT IS WRITTEN that the Father prays I prosper in ALL things, and His definition of blessing includes abundance, not austerity. I am under the BARAK—the same blessing that made Abraham exceedingly rich, Isaac so wealthy kings asked him to leave, Jacob owner of massive flocks. The curse of poverty was nailed to the cross. IT IS WRITTEN that Jesus became poor so I might become rich, and I receive that exchange without guilt or apology. Comfort in my latter years isn't greed; it's the goodness of a Father who kills the fattened calf, not the scraps for the dog. I walk in Deuteronomy 28 blessings—blessed in my storehouses, above only and not beneath.
The Father didn't send Jesus to the cross so you could scrape by on beans and shame. He's the Dad who throws parties, pours expensive wine, and wants your latter years BETTER than your former—prodigal restoration, not religious rationing.