Cast Your
Cares On Locker 48
By: Phil Halliburton, PhD
International Christian School
Seoul, Korea
15 years in Education
7 years in Christian Education
"So I tell you, don't worry about everyday life, whether you have enough food, drink, and clothes. Doesn't life consist of more than food or clothing." Matthew 6:25
Being principal is not an easy gig, but rewarding at times. I have seen and faced so many unusual and difficult situations. During the early years of my principalship, I would bring my problems home with me and meditate on them continuously. It seemed that I could never obtain mental rest.
At my previous principal job, I lived on the fifth floor of the secondary building. Everyday, I would walk up the stairs and proceed past lockers in route to my apartment. One landing down directly under my apartment I noticed an open locker. As is typical of many lockers, it was filled with books, pictures, papers, colors, calculator, etc. The locker looked very messy and was cluttered with a wide array of a panoramic mess. As I looked at the locker, I thought, that is the way our mind sometimes is, cluttered and colored with many thoughts, ideas, and challenging situations. But, when I reached down to close the locker shut, no one could tell what was inside. I decided to shut my problems in locker 48 before I went home everyday. Then, when I returned to work, I would touch the locker and retrieve the problems that existed.
The Bible reminds us to, 'Cast our Cares on the Lord, for He cares for us.' Don't spend an excessive amount of time worrying or wasting time 24 hours a day on situations you are responsible for. Take time to rest and place your cares in locker 48 or more importantly, Cast your cares on the Lord and trust in Him to maintain the locker of your mind.
I. Don't Worry - Tomorrow will
have enough problems without you creating more in your mind!
a. I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them
have never happened." Mark Twain
II. Self - fulfilling Prophecy
a. Reached a conclusion before we have ever acted upon it
III. You are God's child
a. Live longer by worrying less
b. Don't worry about what you can't do. If you must worry, worry about
why you won't do what you should.
c. When you're feeling overwhelmed, remember to take things one at a time-one
day at a time
d. Worrying occurs when God is left out of the process
e. Worry is a choice
f. When you worry-you are choosing not to trust in God
g. Worrying can literally harm you-emotionally, physically, mentally,
and spiritually
h. Prayer changes things, worry changes nothing….
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