Have you ever noticed that after Adam fell, God didn’t come up with a new plan?

He didn’t decide THE BLESSING had failed and throw it away. He didn’t turn His back on mankind and start over with something else.

No, sir.

God had already settled His plan before the foundation of the world, and even sin couldn’t stop it. 

When Adam surrendered his authority to Satan, the curse entered the earth. But God immediately began moving to restore what had been lost. He began preserving a bloodline through which THE BLESSING could continue to flow and, ultimately, be fully restored.

After the Flood, God blessed Noah and his sons and said, “Be fruitful, and multiply” (Genesis 9:1). Those weren’t new words. They were a continuation of the same BLESSING God had spoken over Adam in the beginning. God was making it clear that His purpose for mankind had not changed.

Generations later, that bloodline reached a man named Abram.

When God called him out of Ur, He said, “I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing” (Genesis 12:2). That’s one of the most important covenant statements in all of Scripture. God wasn’t merely promising Abraham possessions. He was committing Himself to put THE BLESSING back in operation through a man who would believe Him.

And Abraham believed.

He believed God when there was no natural reason to believe. He believed Him when he was too old to have children. He believed Him when God asked him to offer Isaac. Abraham’s confidence wasn’t in circumstances. It was in the covenant.

Isaac inherited that same covenant.

When famine struck the land, God instructed him to stay where he was. That didn’t make sense in the natural. Yet Isaac obeyed, sowed in the middle of famine, and reaped a hundredfold harvest in the same year. Why? Because THE BLESSING is not limited by economies, conditions, or circumstances. The Scripture says plainly, “And the LORD blessed him” (Genesis 26:12).

The Philistines eventually recognized what was happening and acknowledged Isaac as “the BLESSED of the LORD.” They could see the evidence of God’s covenant at work in his life.

Then came Jacob.

Now, Jacob wasn’t perfect. None of us are. But he understood something his brother Esau did not. Esau treated THE BLESSING as something common. Jacob recognized its value. He wanted what God had promised, and despite all his mistakes, God honoured the covenant and confirmed THE BLESSING in his life.

Even while living under Laban’s manipulation and deceit, Jacob prospered. Why? Because THE BLESSING is greater than unfair treatment. It’s greater than opposition. It’s greater than human limitations.

Then came Joseph.

If ever there was someone who could have become offended, it was Joseph. He was betrayed by his brothers, sold as a slave, falsely accused and thrown into prison. Yet through every trial, the covenant continued working. THE BLESSING followed him into Potiphar’s house. It followed him into prison. It followed him all the way to Pharaoh’s palace.

Joseph understood something many believers still need to learn today: circumstances cannot stop God’s plan when you stay connected to His covenant.

Eventually, the very brothers who had rejected him came to him for help. What they intended for evil, God used for good. Through Joseph, entire nations were preserved.

When you follow this bloodline from Noah to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph, you begin to see a remarkable pattern. God never abandoned His original purpose. Through every generation, He preserved THE BLESSING and kept moving toward His ultimate goal.

That goal was Jesus.

Jesus came as the promised Seed. He became the fulfillment of everything God had spoken to Abraham. Through His death and resurrection, He redeemed us from the curse so that THE BLESSING of Abraham could come on all who believe.

That’s why this isn’t just their story.

It’s your story.

If you belong to Christ, the Bible says you are Abraham’s seed and an heir according to the promise (Galatians 3:29). The same covenant that sustained Abraham, prospered Isaac, preserved Jacob and elevated Joseph now belongs to you.

THE BLESSING didn’t stop with the patriarchs.

Through Jesus, it has reached you.

And God’s plan hasn’t changed, no matter the circumstance.

We look forward to hearing about your experiences of increase in every area of your life. Please send them to us by visiting kcm.org/testify.