It's easy to blur the line between those two areas. For instance, you might want to win a poker tournament and gain a lot of money -- but God might decide you really need a dose of personal humility instead. Jesus spoke about that....
Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave -- just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. - Matthew 20:26-28
There can be other reasons why God doesn't provide the things we think we need:
For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless. -- Psalm 84:11
Is your walk with God "blameless" -- or as the King James Version puts it, do you "walk uprightly?" Ask God to show you where you might be stumbling in a spiritual ditch, without realizing it.
On the other hand, God may decide the thing we want isn't really good for us. We might abuse it, misuse it or let it ruin our lives.
There's nothing wrong with desiring to be successful at the poker table. But keep yourself open to the possibility that on any given day, God could have other things in mind to give you.
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