So what: if His thoughts are not our thoughts, and His ways also, does it mean that everything is useless? How to live with such a God, how to understand Him? Probably, in no way. But what is our thoughts and our ways? When, at which moment they become ours separated from Him? Indeed, from the beginning, from the moment of the creation His breath beats in us, becoming our heart, this spiritual heart...
So what: if His thoughts are not our thoughts, and His ways also, does it mean that everything is useless? How to live with such a God, how to understand Him? Probably, in no way. But what is our thoughts and our ways? When, at which moment they become ours separated from Him? Indeed, from the beginning, from the moment of the creation His breath beats in us, becoming our heart, this spiritual heart, where is born the will and the determination, where the choice is made and decisions are taken. Then when and why His thoughts stopped being ours? Every person, familiar to the biblical history will say: at the moment of the fall. But what then happened? Man wanted to become "as God" (in the Hebrew text it is really like this). In what? By measuring force? Or knowledge? Surely, no: for, such a thing even to us fallen men seems absurd. Then in what In the knowledge of the good and evil? But before the fall, people did not know what is good and what is bad?
Of course they knew, otherwise any prohibitions lose any moral sense, as the notion of sin itself. But indeed, there is another thing here: the desire to decide by ourselves what is good for us, and what is bad. Ourselves, without Him. Not according to His orders, but independently, as adults.
So it seemed. But in the facts it is particularly at this moment that the will of man began to part from God's will. But He did not take away from us His breath, did not deprive us of the heart. Just that this breath began to be felt more and more weaker, and together with it weakened even the will, which before the fall determined our entire life, spiritual and physical. And after - more and more - our will began to obey what it was called to rule.
And the more it obeyed, the less we had the power for the opposition of what we shouldn’t resist, of course if the relationships with God for us were not just simple words. So gradually, step by step, our will separated from His will, and our ways - from His ways. Of course, it does not belong to man to know the depths of the Personality of God. They are only known by Himself, and no one else. But to know His will and His ways defined by Him for us, man was always capable. For as long as he did not want to live himself, separated from God, in his small world. According to his will. And according to his ways.
55 An invitation to seek for spiritual blessings from Christ, whom the Father sends, Isa 55:1-5.
To come to him speedily and by repentance, Isa 55:6-7.
His grace infinite, Isa 55:8-9.
His word powerful, Isa 55:10-11.
The joy of believers, Isa 55:12-13.
55:1 Thirsteth - For the grace of God and the blessings of the gospel.This thirst implies a vehement, and active, and restless desire after it.No money - Those who are most worthless and wicked, if they do but thirst may be welcome. Buy - Procure or receive that which is freely offered.Wine and milk - All gospel - blessings; in particular, that peace and joy in the Holy Ghost, which are better than wine, and that love of God which nourishes the soul, as milk does the body.
55:2 Money - All your time, and strength, and cost. Not bread - For those things which can never nourish or satisfy you, such as worldly goods, or pleasures. Eat ye - That which is truly and solidly, and everlastingly good. In fatness - In this pleasant food of gospel - enjoyments.
55:3 An everlasting covenant - That everlasting covenant of grace and peace which I made with Abraham, and his seed. Of David - Even that covenant which was made first with Abraham, and then with David, concerning those glorious and sure blessings which God hath promised to his people, one and the chief of which was giving Christ to die for their sins. David here seems to be put for the son of David.
55:4 Behold - I have appointed, and will in due time actually give.Him - The David last mentioned, even Christ. A witness - To declare the will of God concerning the duty and salvation of men, to bear witness to truth, to confirm God's promises, and, among others, those which respect the calling of the Gentiles: to be a witness of both parties of that covenant made between God and men. The people - To all people.
55:5 Thou - Thou, O Messiah. Call - To the knowledge of thyself.Knewest not - With that special knowledge which implies approbation.Because - Because the Lord shall by many tokens, manifest himself to be thy God, and thee to be his son and faithful servant. Glorify thee - By confirming thy word with illustrious signs and miracles, and particularly by thy resurrection, and glorious ascension.
55:6 Seek - Labour to get the knowledge of God's will, and to obtain his grace and favour. While - In this day of grace, while he offers mercy and reconciliation. Near - Ready and desirous to receive you to mercy.
55:7 Return - By sincere repentance, and faith.
55:8 For - If any man injure you, especially if he do it greatly and frequently, you are slow and backward to forgive him. But I am ready to forgive all penitents, how many, and great, and numberless soever their sins be.
55:10 The snow - Which in its season contributes to the fruitfulness of the earth. Returneth not - Without effect. And bread - That it may bring forth store of bread - corn, both for mens present supplies, and for seed for the next year.
55:11 My word - My promises, concerning the pardon of the greatest sinners. Void - Without success.