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doubters of His unlimited power: “Was my arm
too short to ransom you? Do I lack the strength
to rescue you?” (Is 50:2). God’s arm is also mentioned
in regard to creation: “With my great power
and outstretched arm I made the earth and its
people and the animals that are on it” (Jer 27:5).
Finger: God wrote the Ten Commandments with
His finger (Ex 31:18). But the entire universe is
also the work of His fingers: “When I consider
your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon
and the stars, which you have set in place” (Ps 8:3).
Heart: There are people who are especially close
to our heart; similarly, when something moves us
deeply, we are touched to the heart. This is also
said of God. The phrase “He has watched over
your journey through this vast desert” (Deut 2:7)
is rendered in the German translation as “zu
Herzen genommen” – He has taken their journey
“to His heart”. David found favour in the eyes of
God, and He testified about him: “I have found
David son of Jesse a man after my own heart; he
will do everything I want him to do” (Acts 13:22).
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