Looking Up

What is that thing that keeps flying over your house (business, farm, field, neighborhood, etc.)?

It might be a drone, an unmanned surveillance aircraft operated by God knows who, checking out exactly what you are doing. Your privacy fence is no longer so private.

Earlier this year Congress, under pressure from the Defense Department and the drone manufacturers, ordered the FAA to give drones greater access to civilian airspace by 2015. Besides the military, the mandate applies to drones operated by the private sector and civilian government agencies, including federal, state and local law enforcement. Giving drones greater access to U.S. skies moves the nation closer to “a surveillance society in which our every move is monitored, tracked, recorded and scrutinized by the authorities,” the ACLU warned last December in a report. (Joan Lowy, Associated Press)

The Nation established so that freedom might be a consistent, continual blessing is quickly coming to realize that nothing, from your medical records to the food you put on your table, to your back yard hot tub attire, is private anymore (have you checked out Google Earth lately?).

Of course, Believers are familiar with this sort of thing. Nothing escapes the eye and attention of Almighty God. Every deed, every action, every word, even every thought are subject to His constant, continual scrutiny. Learning to live so that our life is filled with His Spirit, and holy living our daily practice, allows us to reflect the Savior more perfectly every day.

What is going on in you? And, be careful about what you are doing in your back yard. Big Brother may be watching too.