Yet we continue to seek these things and often are disappointed when Jesus does not provide them. If Jesus offered these as the way to a better life, He would be a failure. God endowed man with the good life in the very beginning of time. But man lost it when he sinned. With sin came guilt, fear, pain and death.
Sin is still the spoiler.
It is only in turning from sin that we can hope to find happiness. Refrain his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking guile. Only by following the perfect example of Jesus can we avoid sin. Here, indeed, is peace that passes understanding. The goal of an unhappy world is earthly treasure.