"Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God." Psalm 20:7

Your car gets a flat tire. Your cell phone takes a plunge in liquid. One of your children catches a cold and soon, your whole household is sneezing. Your friend is hit with a hard-to-swallow diagnosis. You cannot, for the life of you, seem to get enough sleep to feel ready to face the day.

What is your first response when you go through difficult times that are outside of your control? Do you pray? Do you cry? Do you ask ‘why me’? Do you trust God with the circumstance?

In the social services field, it seems like difficult times and bad news can reign supreme. It can be hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel when it’s always overcast outside. That’s because we are broken humans working with other broken humans. Without God working inside us, we are just another social services agency trying to help people that find themselves in tough situations.

"Without God working inside us, we are just another social services agency trying to help people that find themselves in tough situations."

If Psalm 20:7 was written today, it might read, “Some trust in bank accounts, and some in their own self-sufficiency”, but do we still “remember the name of the Lord our God”? If we are stepping in trying to fix every situation (with our bank accounts or self-sufficiency) and not praying and trusting God to handle it, how can we expect to see Him work miracles? How can we expect the lost to turn their hearts to Jesus if all they see in us is our self-reliance? We must make some space and allow God to work so that He can get the glory. There is a world of lost souls at stake. He’s the only one who deserves it, anyway.