An old writer, speaking of people as stewards of God, urges upon them as wise traders and servants to look to themselves carefully, and take care of four houses that are under their charge:

1. The warehouse--or heart and memory--where they should store up precious things, holy affections, grateful remembrances, celestial preparations, etc. Without a good stock in the warehouse there can be no good trade.

2. The workhouse--or actions--where they retail to others for God's glory the grace entrusted to them, teaching the ignorant, comforting the poor, visiting the sick, etc. We must be active, or we cannot be acceptable servants.

3. The clockhouse--meaning speech--which must always, like a well-timed bell, speak the truth accurately; also meaning observance of time, redeeming it by promptly doing the duties of every hour. We must use time well, or our spiritual gains will be small.

4. The counting-house--or the conscience--is to be scrupulously watched, and no false reckonings allowed, lest we deceive our own souls. The Master will call for our accounts; let us keep them honestly.

— Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Source: The Quotable Spurgeon, (Wheaton: Harold Shaw Publishers, Inc, 1990)

Topics/Tags: House; Accountablity; Stewardship

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