I have a hypothesis about why Pastor’s Kids (PKs) typically tow a different path from their parents.
In battles, opponents rarely go head-to-head, instead they exploit each other’s soft targets with the hope that it would be sufficient to win.
In the movie, 300 they kept on going strong until the opponent found and exploited their soft target (weak point)
Let’s look in the bible.
Often times we don’t realize that Delilah was Samson’s soft target. The philistines had tried but failed to kill him and since they couldn’t, threatened Delilah (soft target) to get him to talk. It worked
For Job, his possessions and family were soft targets. He lost most of them but thankfully he didn’t waver and won in the end.
Herod tried to get Jesus and so ordered the killing of male kids; soft targets.
When the enemy saw that he was loosing with Jesus, he went for his disciples and eventually got Judas, a soft target. After Jesus’ death, he went for the apostles/disciples but they quickly became strong. Then he went for the churches and tried to plant thorns to ensure they remained misdirected, misguided or misinformed.
The same is true today.
The enemy always exploits weak points or soft targets whether they be things (cars, jobs, houses, businesses) or people (loved ones and friends) especially when he has tried and failed with us.
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I think PKs are mostly soft targets and are heavily targeted by the enemy which is why many turn out a complete 180 degrees from their parents. “Since we can’t get the parents, we’ll go for the kids and destroy their legacy”. Maybe that’s a reach, I’m not sure but it’s too consistent for it to be a coincidence.
PK or not, you’re not exempt. It’s not enough to pray for those you love, they too need to know just as much as you do because the question is not if there would be challenges, it’s a when.
SAGACIOUS 