We all learned about the water cycle when we were in school: through the steps of precipitation, evaporation, and condensation, water cycles from the sky to the ground in a continuous loop (there are other steps in the process, but that is what most of us learned in elementary school).
The Bible speaks to this cycle. In Ecclesiastes 1:7 the author observed: “All streams run to the sea, but the sea is not full.” It is amazing to think about how much water from streams flow into the sea. Consider this: every single day the Mississippi River dumps 518 billion gallons of water into the Gulf of America, and that is just one of thousands of rivers doing the same thing. But the seas are not full. That water is going somewhere.
In the 17th Century scientists figured out this puzzling water cycle. But the Bible actually cracked the code long before these scientists did. In Amos 9:6 the prophet asked and answered his own question:
“Who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out upon the surface of the earth— the LORD is His name.”
The Lord summons the water from the sea and uses it to nourish the surface of the earth. There you have it. The water cycle was referenced in God’s Word more than 2,000 years before it made its way into a textbook.
Public schools are not allowed to teach kids the Bible, but when they teach the water cycle they are actually doing just that. Every scientific discovery is really just a confirmation of what God always knew, and what is often found in the pages of Scripture.
This is one of the many times we see the Bible affirmed or vindicated, and never refuted. It is a trustworthy book, and if it is correct on scientific matters, we can trust what it says about everything else.
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