Posted on 11/23/2020 6:33:32 AM PST by Pilgrim's Progress
“My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine” (Proverbs 23:15).
TODAY’S VERSE:
“My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine” (Proverbs 23:15).
“A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother” (Proverbs 10:1).
“The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice” (Proverbs 23:24-25).
“Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance” (Proverbs 29:3).
Solomon is here telling his son, “If your heart is wise, my heart will be glad.” How it ought to be the desire of every child to please his parents. In America, in order to have a proud father, a child needs to hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to win the state championship. In America, we have our priorities askew. Fathers do tend to live their lives through their children. If the dad desired to be an athlete, an athletic son would do him proud. Unless the dad desires to please God, a wise son can be a disappointment. If a man loves the Lord with all his being, it breaks his heart to see his son reject those godly, biblical principles.
The Bible believer senses throughout the verse the voice of God the Father speaking to him as a father speaks to a child.
“But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name” (John 1:12).
“For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father” (Romans 8:14-15).
What pleases our Father in heaven? Well, as the father of two young girls once upon a time, it pleased me when after they were hurt while playing, they would come to me to find comfort and to allay their fears. That meant that they trusted me and knew that I had the “daddy power” to make it all better. We fall also. When we fail to live up to this standard of life that God has set before us—it pleases our heavenly Father that we come to Him for forgiveness and to have our fellowship restored. It shows that we trust Him and know that He has the ability to restore us and set us back up on our feet. If our hearts are trusting towards Him, His heart will be glad.
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