Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha
Progressive increase is a function of progressive
processes, Isaac planted seed, reaped a hundredfold and God blessed him and he
began to prosper, continued prospering until he became very prosperous – he had
great number of flocks, herds and servants. Please, see Genesis Chapters 26
verses 12 to 14; 8 verse 22 and Psalm 85 verse 12.
Progressive increase is not a one off activity but a
series of progressive processes that birth increases that add up, multiply and
compound into progressive increases. God works in diverse and mysterious ways.
One of such ways is through progressive processes – the creation of the
universe and everything in it was a series of progressive processes. All power
belongs to God and it is possible for Him to create everything in an instant
yet He chose progressive processes. There must be very significant reasons for
doing so. Please see Genesis Chapter 1. Also, the building of Noah’s ark was a
series of progressive processes (Genesis Chapter 6). So also was the filling of
the ark with living things. Even the flood that destroyed the earth was not
instantaneous. It was a series of progressive activities – the breaking up of
the fountains of the great deep, the opening up of the windows of heaven and
the rain that fell for forty days and forty nights. In like manner the drying
up of the earth and reconstruction was also a series of progressive activities.
Please see Genesis Chapters 7, 8 and 9. Even the release of the Israelites from
Egyptian slavery and bondage was a series of progressive activities that cowed
Pharaoh into releasing the Israelites to leave Egypt. The journey through the
wilderness to the Promised Land was yet another series of progressive
activities.
Progressive increase therefore does not happen in an
instant. God promised Abraham descendants as numerous as the sand of the sea.
This did not happen in an instant. Over a period of time, the descendants came
through Isaac, the child of promise.
Financial increase, fame and power came to Joseph, a
descendant of Abraham through a series of progressive activities and events
that appeared to be huge obstacles in his path. Eventually, Joseph emerged a
global leader, a governor of great wealth and a father of two nations within
the nation of Israel.
