Progression

The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the full light of day. (Prov 4:18)

The Christian life is to be progressive. It is pictured as darkness being overtaken by dawn’s gentle intrusion breaking into full day. There is to be growth. Without growth, there has been no life exchange, only unknown stumbling in shades of darkness.

Our knowledge of and fellowship with God is to be progressive. We are to be growing in the grace and knowledge of out Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Our intimacy with God is to be increasing, and as we are learning His ways, we should be increasingly living in such a way that pleases Him.

Our life is to be increasingly illuminated and effected by the Light. That Light dispels darkness, increasingly shows the path of righteous living, and either attracts or repels those around us.

Let’s walk in increasing light as God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. (1 Jn 1:5)

The ways of right-living people glow with light; the longer they live, the brighter they shine. But the road of wrongdoing gets darker and darker— travelers can't see a thing; they fall flat on their faces. (Prov 4:18-19 MSG)