The wonderful thing about the Christian life is that we never have to begin from scratch. We can build on what God has done before. This is true even of recent history. It is different being a Christian in 2025 than it was in 1925 because, in the last one hundred years, God has been building his church and depositing many things into it that we can now benefit from. We should not idealise the past as though it was better to be a Christian then because God always moves forward and we are always the better for it. To deny this is to deny any real internal growth in God’s Kingdom. God is building his Kingdom like a great building and each stage underlies the one after it. At the bottom of the building there is a foundation and that foundation determines everything after it. The foundational revelation for the church is preserved in the Bible. The prophecies of Scripture set forth the design and we must pattern our lives, not on what has come immediately before us, but on the foundation of Scripture. We should benefit from what has come before but it should not determine and shape our lives; that is the role of Biblical prophecy. God has spoken to his people throughout the history of his church and there is much to learn here, but only what is enshrined in Scripture can play that foundational role. Everything else must be measured according to the foundation. Build your life on the sure foundation of Biblical prophecy and you will see that it will take a better shape.
Ask God to shape your life according to his revealed will.
Read 2 Peter 1:12-21
