The Narrow Way

Success has a sound.
It can echo like applause,
or whisper like pride.

But in the Kingdom, success sounds like surrender.
It doesn’t stand on stages alone
it kneels at His feet.

Because the danger of elevation
is forgetting who put you there.

Deuteronomy 8:10–14 warns us:
“When you have eaten and are satisfied… be careful that you do not forget the Lord your God… otherwise, your heart will become proud and you will forget the Lord.”

We don’t talk about that enough.
We celebrate the open doors, the platforms, the answered prayers
but will you still worship when your name is known?
Will you still fast when your calendar is full?
Will you still wake up early to seek Him when the provision flows easily?

Or will the blessing replace the Blesser?

Because the most dangerous thing isn’t failure
it’s success without surrender.

But not you.
You’ve been in the secret place too long to forget the One who met you there.
You remember the nights of holy ache,
the prayers through clenched fists,
the silence that still felt sacred.
You know Who did this.
And you’ll never stop giving it back to Him.

So go ahead
stand in the room He opened.
Speak with authority.
Carry the fire.
But stay small in your own eyes.

Stay hungry.
Stay humble.
Stay His.

And when they ask you how you got here,
you’ll say:

“I didn’t climb. I bowed.”
“I didn’t network. I knelt.”
“I didn’t build this. God did.”

That’s the kind of success that doesn’t just shine,
it shakes hell.

Because surrendered success carries something the world can’t imitate:
glory that points back to Jesus.