The Cost to Clear Your Cache

As you browse the Internet, everything you view is saved to the cache on your computer. Using cache helps everything load faster because data comes from your hard drive instead of a server in a different part of the world. To conserve hard drive space or keep your browsing private, you can clear or delete the history (cache).

 

When you visit any sites they are stored in a temp file in the cache. History is just really a bookmarking system for your own reference, kind of like favorites but for sites you have visited.

 

Your searches and browsing activity are saved in your Web & App Activity when it's turned on. Thus you are in control of what's saved, and you can delete it or turn the setting off whenever you like.

 

But, if a friend asks to borrow your Smartphone to search for something on the web, you probably don’t want any of your private search queries displaying in the auto-complete area when they start typing in their search terms. The same is also true if you have a tablet, laptop, or desktop computer.

 

It is really easy to remove search items from your web browser's cache and search history. When the “Remove from search history” dialog box displays, you simply touch the “OK.” button. In a click of a mouse button, all searches are wiped away! All is cleared and cleaned up again; pretty simple.

 

But what you may fail to realize is that behind that simple action; there is someone who paid a tremendous price to make that happen. Countless hours of designing and thinking and writing went into creating that simple action. A countless amount of time was spent away from family and friends as the computer programmer “gave his life” so to speak to make this simple action work.

 

When we sin, we too have a “cache” or “history” that stores everything. All your activities are saved in your whole life’s activities and the Bible tells us that we have to give an account for it:

 

“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. (2 Corinthians 5:10)

 

“And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.” (Hebrews 4:13)

 

But the good news is that you do have some control of what's saved, and you can delete it or turn the setting off whenever you like. You simply need to confess your sin and ask for forgiveness

 

 “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:9)

 

In fact, God calls us to talk to Him about cleaning up our history/cache:

 

“Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the Lord,
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
They shall be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They shall be as wool.” (Isaiah 1:18)

 

But what you may fail to realize is that behind that simple action; there is someone who paid a tremendous price to make that happen. A countless hours of designing and thinking and writing went into creating that simple action. Countless amount of time was spent away from family (who misunderstood and rejected Him) and friends as the greatest “programmer” who ever lived literally gave His life to make this “simple” action work. And His name is Jesus.

 

 “But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone.” (Hebrews 2:9)

 

“For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit” (1 Peter 3:18)

 

This “programmer”, Jesus paid the ultimate price by His death, burial, and resurrection so that we can confess our sin and have it erased from the cache and the history is gone! Jesus wiped it out by nailing it to the cross:

 

“Buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.” (Colossians 2:11-16)

 

So, how do we clear our cache?

“Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” (Hebrews 4:14-16)

 

“For the Lord is our Judge,
The Lord is our Lawgiver,
The Lord is our King;
He will save us” (Isaiah 33:22)

 

“Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before, whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began.” (Acts 3:19-21)

 

 

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