A wise son makes a glad father, But a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
Proverbs 10:1

The book of Proverbs speaks numerous times, contrasting the wise and the foolish son. The wise son pleases the Father. The foolish son grieves the Father. Remember that.

We know that Jesus fulfilled every aspect of God’s Law for those He came to save. He had to because we have all broken God’s law. On the cross our disobedience was laid on Jesus so that His obedience could be credited to the spiritual accounts of those who trust in and follow Christ.

In the same way, Jesus, who is the wise Son in whom the Father delights, lived every aspect of the wise counsel for those He came to save. He had to because we are the foolish sons who would otherwise grieve our Heavenly Father. On the cross, our foolishness was laid on Jesus so that His wisdom could be credited to the spiritual accounts of those who trust in and follow Christ.

The result is, just as Jesus is the wise Son who only always pleased the Father (Matthew 3:15, and others), if we are “in Christ” we are no less pleasing in the Father’s sight than Jesus is!

Let us live as though that is true, because it is!