It Is Who You Know: Be careful what you ask for...

13 Yet how quickly they forgot what he had done!
They wouldn't wait for his counsel!

14 In the wilderness, their desires ran wild,
testing God's patience in that dry land.

15 So he gave them what they asked for,
but he sent a plague along with it.
(Psalms 106:13-15, NLT)

4Then the foreign rabble who were traveling with the Israelites began to crave the good things of Egypt, and the people of Israel also began to complain. "Oh, for some meat!" they exclaimed. 5"We remember all the fish we used to eat for free in Egypt. And we had all the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic that we wanted. 6But now our appetites are gone, and day after day we have nothing to eat but this manna!"
18"And tell the people to purify themselves, for tomorrow they will have meat to eat. Tell them, `The LORD has heard your whining and complaints: "If only we had meat to eat! Surely we were better off in Egypt!" Now the LORD will give you meat, and you will have to eat it. 19And it won't be for just a day or two, or for five or ten or even twenty. 20You will eat it for a whole month until you gag and are sick of it. For you have rejected the LORD, who is here among you, and you have complained to him, "Why did we ever leave Egypt?" ' "
31Now the LORD sent a wind that brought quail from the sea and let them fall into the camp and all around it! For many miles in every direction from the camp there were quail flying about three feet above the ground. 32So the people went out and caught quail all that day and throughout the night and all the next day, too. No one gathered less than fifty bushels! They spread the quail out all over the camp. 33But while they were still eating the meat, the anger of the LORD blazed against the people, and he caused a severe plague to break out among them.
(Numbers 11:4-6, 18-20, 31-33 NLT)

We need to becareful not to look back on the "good old days" before we became Christians, also we should be careful of those we associate with. The complaining began with those traveling with the Israelites, but they quickly joined in. So we need to be careful of complaining, as we might draw other in, and even listening to complaints, as we may find ourselves quickly drawn in.

They asked for meat, and they got meat; but it was not a blessing, it became a plague. This is a problem for people who get drawn into the "name and claim it" junk that is being preached by some false teachers. The children of Israel named it, claimed it, and got it... along with a curse.

2You want what you don't have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous for what others have, and you can't possess it, so you fight and quarrel to take it away from them. And yet the reason you don't have what you want is that you don't ask God for it. 3And even when you do ask, you don't get it because your whole motive is wrong--you want only what will give you pleasure.
(James 4:2-3 NLT)

God has promised to give us what we ask for, but we need to make sure we are asking for the right things. If we love others, we will not be asking for selfish things. If we love God we will be asking for things that bring Him glory! If we were wise, we would desire heavenly treasures. The things of this earth perish, and we cannot take it with us. He who dies with the most toys, LOSES!

And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
(Luke 12:16-20)

There's nothing wrong with having a lot of wealth, but we must remember that all wealth comes from the Lord. We should give generously to His work. Only if God's blessing is on it, is treasure not a curse.