Is getting what you want a blessing?

Normally we consider getting what our hearts desire to be a good thing.  For some it is the ultimate goal of life.  However, did you ever stop to consider that getting what you want is not always the same as God blessing you?  Sometimes God gives us the desires of our heart because of our hardness of heart or lack of dependence upon him.  This is a scary place.  One thinks everything is great and going their way, and might even say that God is being so good to them.  Is He?  Yes, because he has given you what you want, but no he is not truly blessing you because what you want when you are not dependent upon God will ultimately destroy you and/or distant you from God.  Sometimes the promotion at work is not what you should take, sometimes all that free time is not what you should wish for, sometimes, that relationship you long for an get is not a good thing, sometimes easy street leads to destruction, sometimes our happiness is not truly blessing.  There are many biblical examples, Sampson with Delilah, the kings of Babylon, Assyria, and Persia, and others.  What is the application then?  Do we have to live in fear of being happy, or getting what we want?  No, the answer to to seek first the kingdom of God, seek to glorify God, seek honor him.  This means you won’t seek your glory and your honor.  If you do this you never have to fear getting your hearts desire.