Thursday, May 29, 2014

Big Brother is Watching You



The book 1984 by George Orwell gave a very bleak look at a possible future. It pictures a world which is stuck in a perpetual war. In what used to be the United Kingdom the government is involved in an omnipresent surveillance program. The government drives the point home with a slogan which may seem familiar. Underneath the picture of a mustachioed man was the phrase “Big Brother is watching you.” It was a reminder that no action, word, or thought went unacknowledged.

While we are not being watched by a megalomaniacal government bent on controlling its followers, we are being watched by a being greater than we. “The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good” (Prov. 15:3). He does not do so to find us in a fault. He does not do so in the hopes of trying to hurt us. He does so because one day He will judge all mankind (Ecc. 12:14). He will judge us according to every action we have committed, even those things which were thought to have been done in secret. If one were to put that in perspective, would that change his actions? It certainly should. Those actions once thought to be done in privacy were committed before the All-Seeing God. Maybe it would be best for all to keep that in mind.

Remember, “The Father is watching you.”

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