Enjoying God and loving our neighbors are not competing goals. True love is the overflow of joy in God that meets the needs of others. The place of our loving sacrifice in relationship to our delight in God is a point of constant discussion when it comes to Christian Hedonism. What glorifies God more? Our self-sacrifice? Or our delight in God? The question today comes from a listener named Koby. “Hello, Pastor John, and thank you for this podcast. My question is why you emphasize our joy in God as more vital to what most glorifies God than our love for God and others? The greatest commandment is love, which sums up the whole Law. God is love, the Bible says. God is not Joy — not in the same way. Isn’t it better to say that God is most glorified in us when we are most self-giving and loving toward others?” EPISODE 1193: https://www.desiringgod.org/interviews/isnt-god-most-glorified-in-me-when-i-am-most-self-giving Find other recent and popular Ask Pastor John episodes, http://desiringgod.org/ask-pastor-john