Proverbs 23:15-16 (ESV)
15 My son, if your heart is wise,
my heart too will be glad.
16 My inmost being will exult
when your lips speak what is right.
Saying 14 reveals that when a child applies God’s wisdom to his life, righteous parents rejoice. Parents who fear the Lord yearn for the their children to live according to the word of the Lord. In fact, nothing makes a Christian parent happier than to hear that her children are walking in the truth. The same is true for those who mentor others in the church. Men and women who genuinely love the family of God are overjoyed when they learn that those they have discipled are carefully following after and applying Scripture’s wisdom to their lives.When the godly parent hears her offspring speaking and living the word of the Lord, her heart is overwhelmed with gratitude. What are you teaching your children to value? Money and career? Looks and health? Or godly character? In the end, finances and fitness are fleeting, but the one who pursues righteousness will endure to the end.