"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts." The Creator is far above his finite creatures and beyond their ability to describe Him or comprehend Him fully. Although we may truly know Him, such knowledge is always partial and imperfect. God's consciousness is as high above human consciousness as the heavens are above the earth and divine thinking greatly exceeds the formulations of human cognition. In the immediate context this verse is an appeal by God for His people to exchange their sinful “thoughts” and “ways” for God's, which are a morally superior and just:
“Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts" (55:7). However, there is also a reassurance here that God's is a Beautiful Mind. God is perfectly wise in all his thoughts and ways and so His people can take great comfort in Him when inevitably they are unable to understand the mysteries and tragedies of life.
