In God's creation, unlimited growth is unnatural. A tree doesn't grow bigger and bigger; it brings forth new trees, which in turn produce more trees. This is the principle of multiplication that God has implanted into all of his creation...
Imagine a water lily growing in a pond. At the beginning of the year the water lily has exactly one leaf. After one week there are two leaves. A week later, four. After sixteen weeks half of the water's surface is covered with leaves. How long will it take before the second half is covered? Another sixteen weeks? No, just one more week. That is how multiplication works...
Excerpts from Color Your World with Natural Church Development - Christian A. Schwarz
