The notion of trust can, at times, be a bit of a knotty phenomenon. To some degree, the very fabric of our daily life is held together by trust. We trust that the chair we sit down in will hold us, or that the brakes in our car will engage when we depress the brake pedal. This type of trust—the kind that weaves its way through our day to day activities—is often exhibited on a subconscious level. However, there are other times when trust is more conscious and demonstrable. This happens when we take tests, trusting that we will be able to recall all that we have studied and learned. Or when we trust a co-worker to get our Jumia order correct. This is a more palpable kind of trust. And, it is this type of trust that is required as we follow the First Entrepreneur in the areas He has called us to create in.

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As we have seen, there is a balance that is necessary in the work we do. It is a balance between trust and hustle. Not only has God called us to our work, but He is actively equipping us and empowering us to carry it all out. Therefore, we hustle—and rightly so. We work hard in order to see the flourishing of that which God has called us to create. After all, we are wired to work, to build, to be fruitful and multiply. This is part of how God has created us.

However, we must couple this capacity to hustle with a robust trust in God. For most entrepreneurs, hustle comes easy. Trust, on the other hand, is a bit more precarious. Trust takes our sense of control away from us. It forces us to look outside of us, to something—or Someone—else. As such, trust is vital to our work!

We hustle and work with an ever-present understanding that it is in God we are trusting, not our own efforts. All of our ideas, all of our brainstorming, all of our creating must be done with a unwavering trust that it is God who is at work in all our labors. Psalm 127:1 tells us that, “Unless the Lord builds a house, the work of the builders is wasted.” We can produce the best product or offer the most incredible service, but if God is not involved in it, it is utterly useless.

In the midst of our hustle, we trust that it is God who has called us to create, and it is God who will accomplish what He wills in and through our creating. This is what the Apostle Paul was getting at when discussing the different labors involved in the Corinthian church. In 1 Corinthians 3:7, he says, “It’s not important who does the planting, or who does the watering. What’s important is that God makes the seed grow.” Paul saw the work of planting and watering as absolutely necessary. However, he also had a deep trust that, regardless of who was doing what work and how, it was ultimately God who was bringing about the flourishing. This is the type of trust we need to exhibit in our work as well. We hustle hard, but we also trust boldly and purposefully.

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