If I offered you a fist full of diamonds or a bucket of cool water, which would you take? You would take the diamonds of course. But imagine that you are crawling through a desert, with blistered lips, a swollen tongue and dying of thirst. I now offer you a fist full of diamonds or a bucket of cool water. You would despise the diamonds and say, "Give me water...or I will die!" That is called "circumstantial priorities." Your priorities change according to your circumstances.
The Bible gives us a choice between the sparkling diamonds of sin and the cool, clear waters of everlasting life. Of course, we far prefer the diamonds of sin. This is normal for sin-loving humanity. However, on Judgment Day our circumstances will radically change. We will find ourselves in the desert of God's Justice, about to perish under the burning heat of a Creator who warns us that He's a "consuming fire."
If we despise the Water of Life when it is offered, we must face eternal consequences. Those sparkling diamonds of sin we so dearly hold, will suddenly be the glaring evidence for our condemnation.
