NOTES for Isa 55:1-13

Both then and now, the prophets, through their fiery preaching, draw those capable of hearing it out of the mire of commonplace religious ideas. We really do often make a god (God?) in our own image and likeness: we know what He thinks about this or that matter (Scripture gives us enough material for such conjectures, while we overlook its paradoxes); we are always ready to help Him in the difficult work of judging the living and the dead, to remind Him what He forgot to do for us, and so on.

No, He is not like that! In confessing that God became man, we must not suppose that He became as petty, angry, and foolish as we are: He remained Himself. He does not carry out our will; His purpose is not to fulfill our desires (somewhat, er... primitive).

He is incomprehensible; His thoughts are not our thoughts; He does only His own will. He invariably remains the same, whether He dwells in unapproachable light, permeates all creation, or travels along the roads of the earth.