Edward
Snowden and his leaking of government surveillance information are still in the
news and are considered editorially in the latest issue of Christianity Today.
As I understand the issue the government, with other nations, has traced phone
calls, emails and other correspondence of all of us. I further understand they
have information on who we have phoned, who has phoned us, whom we have emailed
and from whom we have received email. They do not have the actual
communications, what was said or written, just the traffic information. They do
therefore have information on the amount of traffic between people here and
radicals in the near east, information I really want them to have.
It doesn’t bother me for the
government to know with whom I’ve been in contact. Now, if I was plotting some
action detrimental to the nation or to businesses, or even to individuals, it
would bother me for my communications to be tracked. Otherwise, I don’t think
any of us should be upset over this kind of government surveillance. It goes
back to the truth that we should not be engaged in anything we need to hide.
Indeed,
if we join the psalmist in his desire to, “Let the words of my mouth and the
meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my
Redeemer;” (Psalm 19:14) we then need not be concerned even if someone does know the
content of our conversations and emails. If it is acceptable to God, surely it
will be acceptable to most others.
Grace and peace.
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