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Written by Uli Chi, a contemporary professor, businessman, and church leader.

Biblical hope disrupts our modern view that everything depends on us. As someone who has led a new business venture, I know what it’s like to feel that everything depends on me. Those of you who have built your own businesses or non-profits or planted new churches probably know what I mean. Unfortunately, because we live in a broader culture that reinforces that view, it is easy to adopt the same posture even when we know better.  Biblical hope emphasizes that all our work is meant to be a divine-human partnership. Our role in the partnership begins with putting our trust and hope in God and not in ourselves. That’s surprisingly difficult. It would be easier if we were mere spectators. But God created us to be active partners in God’s work. To make it even more difficult, our work usually demands so much of our attention that it is easy to lose sight of God’s role. 

To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul. O my God, in you I trust; do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me. [Psalm 25:1-2]