"Wanting more than basic needs at this stage is materialistic and ungodly"
How it sounds in your head: You should be thinking about eternity, not new furniture. This is the season to shed earthly attachments, downsize, simplify. Caring about nice things shows you're still too attached to this world. Spiritual maturity means wanting less.
"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 6:17Gnostic heresy that physical/material is evil and spiritual means rejecting earthly blessings
Every Christian book on aging emphasizes simplicity and detachment. Your pastor's sermon series on 'finishing well' made it sound like wanting comfort is spiritual failure.
At 85 years old, Caleb didn't ask for a rocking chair and a small garden. He demanded the MOUNTAIN with the giants still on it—the prime real estate. God honored his bold request IMMEDIATELY.
I REFUSE the lie that wanting abundance is ungodly. IT IS WRITTEN that God gives richly ALL things to enjoy. Enjoying His provision isn't materialism—it's receiving from a generous Father. IT IS WRITTEN in Deuteronomy 28:11 that the Lord grants abundant prosperity. I am blessed coming in and going out. At 85, Caleb claimed his MOUNTAIN. I claim abundant blessing in this season, knowing my Father delights in lavishing good gifts on His daughters.
Your Father didn't save the good wine for the beginning of the feast only. He's the God who saves the BEST for LAST—and He's looking at your senior years as prime time for extravagant blessing, not guilty minimalism.