Meeting the needs of the soul is far more important than meeting our temporal needs. Unless and until the needs of the soul are met, meeting one's temporal needs will never bring true satisfaction. Achievement and success do not bring happiness. Many successful people are not happy. Material possessions do not in and of themselves make people happy.
Many rich people spend all their time, energy and money seeking to be happy.
A life of retirement and ease does not necessarily bring happiness. Often such people wish they had something to do in all their spare time. Those who are pleasure seekers are like children who soon grow weary of new toys. If we take God's word seriously then we must understand that true happiness consists in being rightly related to the true and living God. The only way to be rightly related to God is through the person and work of Jesus Christ.