God:— I Know the Thought I Think for You
 

GENESIS 2:18

[AKJV]

"And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him."

[GNT]

Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to live alone. I will make a suitable companion to help him.”

In the Bible verse above, and coming immediately after God forbade the knowledge of good and evil for the man, God spoke a knowledge that identified being alone as "Not Good" for the man. 
 

This meant when the man did not know what was good and evil for him, God was the One deciding what was good or "not good" or evil for the man. A baby of few months may not even know what is good or evil for itself, and that's why the child has parents who can tell what's needed, good, not good or evil, for the child that has no knowledge of good and evil yet. Even so, the man did not have to judge what's good or evil for him by the forbidden knowledge of the tree, but by the Spirit and Love of God.
 

Thus, when the eyes of man was not yet opened, the Eyes of God was seeing for man. The man was metaphorically blind to some physical realities/things around him, but leveraged on seeing better things through the Spirit of God. He saw better because God was the only source by which the man knew what he needed or judged what's good, or not good, for him. That changed when man ate the fruit of the forbidden knowledge, and their eyes became opened to know good and evil by themselves without God.
 

In other words, the Bible verse above illustrates the era when God was doing the reasoning or conscience judging for man's needs and choice of goods for him. But down the line, the knowledge of good and evil began to compete with God in that regards over man because that knowledge meant the man became civilized and independent to reason for himself what he needed or wanted.
 

Here are three distinctions between "When God was thinking for man" according to this Bible verse above and "When man was thinking for himself" according to the forbidden fruit of the knowledge of good and evil they ate.

*1* -A- God thinking for man here, identified "that the man being alone was not good," and God made the First Promise He made and fulfilled for man, which is the Promise of God will make for the man a Helper suitable for the man. This was both the first promise and the first gift of God to man, made specifically for him — that is, the woman. Other things God made before were not made specifically for man, although they were given to him after they were made. But the woman was made specifically for man, a promise or prophecy and a gift or possession intended or intended to be for him alone: something or someone that only man could fully have or possess (woman/wife). If any other man or angel possesses or has that gift/helper (woman meant for this man alone), that other man or angel would be transgressing or sinning (committing fornication, adultery, or covetousness) because that gift, grace, or possession belongs to one man. So to speak, the only thing (woman) that man could take with him if he were to be driven out of the Garden without taking anything else; because this was a helper or gift suitable or meant only for him in all of creation.
 

*1* -B- Man thinking for man or for himself, firstly identified "that the man being naked was not good," and man tried being innovative with leaves to meet their first need which they identified by their own self thoughts. Yet, God made the better clothing for them, which was also another gift suitable for them, which they could take away from the Garden when driven out.

*2* -A- In God's thinking for man, according to the Bible verse above, meeting the needs of man or providing help came not just as a solution, but as fulfillment. God was not just solving the problem or challenge for man, but He actually made a promise or bound Himself to the same thing challenging man, so that even if He was not to do it for man, He was bound to do it for Himself or His Word of Promise. Therefore, when it was eventually done, it became both a victory for man and a fulfillment of God's Word of Promise or Prophecy by making and presenting the woman to and for man.
 

*2* -B- In man's thinking for himself or when men think for themselves, meeting their own needs often results in temporary and unsatisfying solutions. Just like Adam and Eve who sewed fig leaves to cover themselves, their own inventions did not bring them true peace or satisfaction. They still felt naked and hid from God. Although their own thinking may have seemed wise or good in their own eyes, it actually led to future complications and problems.

*3* -A- In God's thinking for man, as mentioned in the Bible verse above, meeting the man's needs involved providing a helper who was "meet for," "suitable for," or "comparable to" the man. This means that what the man needed was all within himself, not something or someone outside to compared him to, but rather something that would complement him or centralize focus on treasures from within the man. The helper was meant to look up to the man as their "Lord" and desire to come or be like him, rather than the man desiring to be like something/someone else.

So all the animals and Woman, God subsequently made to be helper suitable or comparable to the man were basically lower to him by status quo. That meant the man was still in charge over God's idea of helper suitable, comparable and compactible to him.

*3* -B- In man's thinking for man according to the deception Introduced by the Serpent through the woman, meeting the needs of man or men was about comparing them with neighbors or to others who seem to be doing better or higher than them, wanting to be like others or do like others. The Serpent told the woman, you will be like the gods or like God, knowing good and evil when you eat the forbidden fruit. When the need is inspired by desire to be or do like others or comparing the helper you need to being like other patterns or kinds of people that are different to your calling/purpose, then knowledge of good and evil may inspire it.