Picking Up Diamonds

In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents. – Luke 15:10

I have been participating in a study of the end times and came across a story that goes with the judgement and rewards that we will receive when we meet Jesus. The story goes like this;

There is an old tale about three men crossing the desert by camel at night. As they were crossing the desert, a voice came out of the darkness. The voice commanded them to dismount, pick up some pebbles, and put them in their pockets. The voice said, “At the coming of the sun, you will be both glad and sorry.”

The travelers did as they were told, and later as the sun came up, they remembered what the voice had said, “At the coming of the sun, you will be both glad and sorry.” They reached into their pockets and pullout out not pebbles but diamonds. They were both glad and sorry. Glad they took as many as they did and sorry they did not take more.

Right now God is giving us opportunities, and He is saying to us that at the coming of His Son we will be both glad and sorry – glad we used the opportunities that we did and sorry we did not use more.

As a believer our salvation is secure in Christ’s redemptive work on the cross. His precious blood paid the price for our sins. Our acceptance of His grace secures our place in eternity. But while we are still here on earth we have the privilege to Live for Him. We get to share the Good News with everyone that we meet and someday, when we are with the Lord we too will be both glad and sorry. Glad because of the opportunities we took to live for Him and share Him with others, and sorry we didn’t take more.