Genesis 8:3

“The water receded steadily from the earth.  At the end of the hundred and fifty days the water had gone down.”  Genesis 8:3

Now that God has stopped the rain and the springs of water from flooding the earth, the floodwaters are steadily receding.  There is a steady pace that the waters are going down.  I wonder if those people on the ark could tell.  If they looked out a window would they be able to see a difference?  If all you have is water I can’t image there would be any way to tell.  With no visible landmarks it may have just looked the same every day.

Just because we can’t see his work does not mean God is not still working for us.  Time goes on and things all look the same – the same struggles and trials as before – the same water-filled horizon and then one day we look out and there it is, the top of the mountain peeking out from the water.

Where the scripture is translated as “the water had gone down” the QBible shows that it could mean that the water was lacking or decreased or failed.  To go back to the idea that this is some great fight between the water and the land like we discussed in Genesis 7:18, it’s like the water had been winning the battle, but now it is starting to lose the fight.  The land is making it’s come back.  The water may have initially won the battle, but the war is not over.