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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