We exist to glorify God by pointing the affections of all peoples to the all satisfying person of Jesus Christ. God gets glory when the affections of all peoples find their satisfaction in Christ and in nothing else. The heart, filled to brimming with the presence of God, is like a man who has been well banqueted, and who can therefore look calmly on the passionate heat of starving men who fight with each other over garbage scraps. The world has much to offer, but nothing in comparison to what Christ offers in himself. God created us with needs, and every single one of those needs was designed to be filled by him. David knew that “in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore” (Ps. 16:11). But universally, people have sought to fill those needs with God substitutes6. Even Solomon tried to do this and experienced failure (Ecc. 2:11; cf. Ecc. 1:14). This failure is designed by God to alert men that they are seeking happiness in the wrong place.