The waters recede from the earth steadily and progressively — the same patient, ordered movement that characterized the creation in Genesis 1 now characterizes the re-creation after the flood. By the end of 150 days the water had decreased. The gradual nature of the receding is as theologically significant as the gradual nature of the rising: God does not rush the new world into existence any more than he rushed the old one. The process has a pace and a timeline, both of which are in his hands. Psalm 46:10 invites stillness before the God who works in his own timing. Ecclesiastes 3:11 reminds us that God makes everything beautiful in its time. The application: the restoration of what the flood covered does not happen overnight, and the person of faith is called to wait for the gradual receding as patiently as for the gradual rising. What are you waiting to see re-emerge in your life — a relationship, an opportunity, a sense of direction — that God is restoring slowly and steadily?

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