"They" Track Us Like a Bloodhound

I don't know about you, but I am careful about what apps I download, what devices I use, and what measures I may implement to diminish the tech trackers who capture our every keystroke. We do not live in a Barbie world, but rather a dystopian one - an Orwellian society replete with the latest technology to watch over us like sophisticated bloodhounds.

The evil eye

Call it what you will, but I refer to tech trackers and cookies and all the various government agencies who track us, as those with an evil eye. If you use Google as your browser (and others), and type in any topic, ads will begin to appear in your email.

For example, I regularly suggest that people who do not know or use proper grammar use the free software #Grammarly. The ad now appears everywhere I visit on the Internet. I don't like being tracked by those with the evil eye.

Watched words

The government spy agencies have a list of words that are monitored. I'm going to refrain from listing these, as they are many in number. They also continue to increase in number.

A friend of mine who worked with one of these US agencies provided me with numerous words and phrases that set off alarms at the agency. Based on these, the agency may or may not follow up on your Internet history and see what you're up to.

If you have any common sense, you already know what you should not type or search.

Blocking

We can use a #VPN to throw websites off track. Free VPNs are not reliable. Incognito mode on Google is a sham; it does not keep Google from monitoring your traffic.

Facebook and Twitter and all the rest track us, too. Use an alias if you feel the need to. Sure, we have nothing to hide, but why give them the pleasure of properly tracking you?

These evil eye people and platforms and websites can be dangerous to our freedoms, but I would suggest that there is Someone that you should fear even more: God.

God's eye

There is an eye greater than technology is ever able to possess or create - the eyes of God. Deny it if you will, but He sees and hears and tracks everything we do.

The omniscience of the living God is the concept that He alone is all-knowing; that He encompasses all knowledge of the universe past, present, and future. Nothing escapes His watchful eye.

"He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name. Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit" (Psalm 147:4-5, NIV).

"And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered" (Matthew 10:30, NIV).

And let's not forget: "The eyes of the LORD are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good" (Proverbs 15:3, NIV).

These verses should give us pause to consider what we do and say. We cannot use a VPN or any blocking method to keep Him from knowing our every thought, word and deed.

God's watched words

Have you not heard that every idle word we speak is recorded by God? His power is not comprehended by our feeble and limited minds.

"But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned” (Matthew 12:36-37, NIV).

We should therefore be careful. There are two sides to fearing God. The first is fear in the sense that we owe Him a great respect for who He is. But we would be wrong to discount the actual fear that He can and will bring about to those who are evil and those who do not know Him as their Savior.

We need to pray constantly. Here I don't mean repetitious or canned prayers that the heathens teach.

Instead, I mean we should and need to pray from our own heart. Yes, it is true that God already knows your needs and what your prayer is, but when we pray we acknowledge Him and He loves to hear and answer those who believe on Him.

Think of it this way, friends: the tech bloodhounds have a lot of power, but God has infinite bloodhound capability that we cannot even begin to fathom. Let's therefore be mindful of what we say and do.