Make My Heart Glad
“My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.” (Proverbs 27:11 KJV)
Are you making someone glad today?
A number of times in Proverbs, Solomon speaks what a foolish son brings upon his parents. Things such bring shame, reproach, grief, heaviness, and calamity upon the parents of foolish children. A good name is important but that good name can be threatened by the bad behavior of children, especially children who should be old enough to know better. Conversely, when one’s child shows themselves to behave with wisdom, it makes their parent glad. When another person would seek to bring reproach upon the father, they would not be able to do so because of his son’s foolishness.
Christians are the children of God. When Christians behave themselves foolishly or sinfully in the eyes of men it brings reproach upon our Father. Some folks say, “I don’t go to church because of all the hypocrites.” And sadly, in many cases they are correct in their assumptions, because some Christians do behave hypocritically. Some Christians are saints on Sunday, but monsters on Monday and the world knows it. This behavior makes the church and Christians in general look awful. We need to conduct ourselves at all times in such a way as to bring glory to God and in doing so we make the heart of our Father glad!
Read Proverbs 10:1; 17:25; 19:13, 26; 28:7; 29:15; 1 Peter 2:11-12