Recently I became interested in “tidal activity”. Tides are the rising and lowering of the oceans of the earth. Every day, twice a day (actually every 6 hours and 13 minutes) the oceans go from high tide (high water level) to low tide (low water level). This happens every day, all year, every decade, century and millennium, without fail, all over the world. The tidal phenomena is so consistent that we can calculate precisely when the high and low tides will occur thousands of years from now.
Sir Isaac Newton, in 1687 explained that high tides result from the gravitational attraction of the sun and moon on the oceans of the earth. Extremely high tides occur when the sun, moon, and the earth are all in alignment, which is at the time of the full moon or the new moon. As the earth rotates, the tidal force causes the Earth’s waters to bulge out on the side closest to the moon and the side farthest from the moon. These bulges are called high tides.
Stick with me a minute, this information is extremely important. Knowledge of tidal activity is important to successful fishing. We know some fish species move about dependent on water depth, which impacts feeding habits, hence smaller fish attract larger fish and hopefully successful fishing, etc.
Ships enter and exit harbors dependent on tides, ferries navigate from place to place alert to the tides. The construction of bridges and harbor docks and engineering projects require monitoring of fluctuating tides, with accurate, consistent, and verifiable knowledge. It is vital, to align your coastal work with the unchanging tides. To ignore the tidal reality is to your own demise.
The Christian faith draws us to the supreme Creator of all things, great and small, seen and unseen. He who has made everything in the heavens and earth, the atmospheric forces and operating laws by which everything moves and remains in place, all this comes from God.
When we discover a law of his, like gravity, it blesses and enhances our lives when we align ourselves with it. Appropriate application of tidal force, or gravity improves life, in so many ways. Imagine how blessed your life can be when aligned with him created all this and by who’s wisdom it is maintained. This is the message of the Bible. The Christian faith, will bring you into alignment with your creator. He will provide you clarity and purposeful instruction for every aspect of your life. The Bible will lead you to him, “who is before all things, by whom all things were created, for whom all things were made, and in him who holds all things together.” (Colossians 1:16) This God invites you to align your life and your eternity with him. Here in alignment with his will and teaching you will find peace, purpose and power for living, and for dying. Life really is about proper alignment. You were created to be in alignment (relationship) with your creator.
Thanks for listening. Pastor Tom Dykman