A Moment of Divine Intervention

I don’t think I can continue being a social worker if I didn’t know God... 

After sitting in a Social Security office with my client for three hours, my heart was growing cold. I began to despair. I started to think that I wouldn’t be able to convince the Social Security officer to have my client’s social security reinstated. 

On the desk lay a piece of paper that was filled with math calculations. One side was full of calculations suggesting that my client had more money than the criteria while the other side (aka my side) had calculations showing that my client’s income was in fact lower than the maximum.

The paper had been passed back and forth numerous times that I had no idea how much time had passed. Honestly, math was never my favorite subject in school and it was getting exhausting to be calculating so much math in one sitting.

Things seemed to be at a standstill. Out of desperation, I prayed silently to God. Although I was not yet a Christian at the time, I had been going to church and studying the Bible on a regular basis. I cried out loudly inside, without voice, “God, please help us, I don’t know what to do.”

Just as I made this desperate prayer, the officer suddenly looked me straight in the eye and said, “You know what? Fine, I will reinstate her Social Security.”

My frail elderly client who was sitting next to me started to shake and couldn’t refrain herself from crying out loud. 

 I will never forget that moment of divine intervention. In fact, from time to time I need to replay this moment in my mind to remind myself that apart from God, I can’t do anything; away from God, I can’t be fruitful to others (John 15:5-8) 

God has been my rock, my strength, my guide throughout my journey as a social worker, and I wouldn’t be able to do the work that I do without Him.

The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;

My God, my strength, in whom I will trust;

My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

Psalm 18:2

- Susan C.
Social worker striving to follow God’s call to serve, listen, encourage and love others well
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