'Thinking' in the Bible

They saw Him walking on the water, and thinking that it was a spirit they cried out;

And Peter was still earnestly thinking over the vision, when the Spirit said to him, "Three men are now inquiring for you.

So, after thinking things over, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John surnamed Mark, where a large number of people were assembled, praying.

Is God simply thinking about the oxen? Or is it really in our interest that He speaks? Of course, it was written in our interest, because it is His will that when a plough-man ploughs, and a thresher threshes, it should be in the hope of sharing that which comes as the result.