"Wanting financial comfort in my final years is greedy and unspiritual."
How it sounds in your head: I should be content with just enough, not desire abundance. Good Christian women don't focus on money, especially at this age—I should be thinking about heaven, not earthly comfort. Wanting to not worry about every expense feels selfish.
"Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers."
-- 3 John 1:2Religious teaching twisted 1 Timothy 6:10, making money itself evil and poverty a badge of spirituality.
She's been taught her whole life that godly women are selfless and content with little. Desiring financial ease feels carnal when she's supposed to be focused on eternal things, not temporal comfort.
Called the friend of God, yet 'very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.' His wealth didn't disqualify his relationship with God—God MADE him wealthy as part of the covenant blessing that now belongs to you through Christ.
I REFUSE the lie that wanting financial comfort is greedy. IT IS WRITTEN that God's will is that I prosper in all things, just as my soul prospers. My desire for provision isn't carnal—it's my spirit agreeing with my Father's abundant nature. IT IS WRITTEN in Galatians 3:29 that I am Abraham's seed and heir according to promise—the same blessing that made him extremely rich is mine by covenant. The barak isn't based on my spirituality but on Christ's finished work. I receive abundant provision in my final years not because I earned it, but because my Father delights in the prosperity of His servant.
Your Father doesn't want you counting pennies and choosing between medicine and food—He wants you LOADED with His goodness. The prodigal got the fattened calf and a party, not a lecture on contentment with less.