Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi.

Matthew 2:7,16//

For two years, Herod had not seen the sign of the Savior. When we focus on our own selfish desires, we miss what God wants us to see and what He wants for us.