The natural progression from generation to generation is a proven fact.
What one generation places value in, their children rise to place more value in.
Or they revolt and rebel against that value.
Typically, there’s not a lot of gray area found.
So, if you’re a parent and you place a high value on education, often your children will do the same.
If your parents were hyped about ballgames and competitive sports, more often than not, you will do the same.
If you as a parent struggle to hold down a job throughout their formative years, many times, your children will, too.
If your parents weren’t super committed to God, a relationship with Him may not even be on your radar, or it may be seen as a dismissive once-a-year-whether-I-need-it-or-not event.
It’s truly the way of human nature. If you’re conditioned in one way throughout your childhood years, you’ll walk in those footsteps paved for you.
To walk a different path, you will literally have to fight and claw to be different.
This has been proven for generations. Look at abuse statistics, divorce patterns, and even educational journeys from one generation to the next. It is what it is.
So, if you want your children to be what I would call, “God chasers,” those kind of people who seek Him with all their hearts and work diligently to not only know Him and follow His will for their lives but also who live intentionally to share His love with others, this begins now, with you.
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
Matthew 6:33
Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:6
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