How Do We Know Success?

What if visible success is the wrong scoreboard for faithfulness? In this conversation around 1 Corinthians 4, we wrestle with the difference between knowing the right things and actually being transformed, Paul’s sarcasm toward a church convinced it had arrived, and the temptation to treat blessing, recognition, or comfort as proof that we are close to God. Jesus and Paul point us toward another measure: faithfulness with what we have received, humility when somebody else is celebrated, and the fruit of kindness, love, and patience in ordinary life. What might change if we stopped asking, “Am I impressive?” and started asking, “Am I faithfully following Jesus?”