Week of 12/16-12/22: Foundation - God Comes To Rescue

Day Three: Exodus 14:10-14 As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up and saw the Egyptians coming after them. Then the Israelites were terrified and cried out to the LORD for help. They said to Moses: “Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you took us to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? Isn’t this what we told you in Egypt: Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.” But Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. Stand firm and see the LORD’s salvation He will provide for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again. The LORD will fight for you; you must be quiet.”

DO YOU HAVE AN IPHONE? An iPad? An iPod? Did you know that Apple invests office space, man hours, and tons of production dollars into the way their products are packaged? Appleinsider.com, a website that specializes in news on Apple products, revealed a little bit about this packaging process when highlighting a book entitled “Inside Apple” by Adam Lashinsky.

“How a customer opens a box must be one of the last things a typical product designer would consider,” Lashinsky wrote. “Yet for Apple, the inexpensive box merits as much attention as the high-margin electronic device inside.”

He goes on to note that showing attention to detail at even the smallest level communicates to customers that “the manufacturer cares about them.” Customers then feel a bond with the company, something that transcends price points.

So why does a company like Apple devote so many resources to something that is destined to wind up in a garbage can? Because even that experience brings honor and recognition to the Apple brand. Apple orchestrates everything to glorify their name.

If a company will go to those lengths to gain notoriety, think of what an all-good, all-powerful, holy, and wonderful God would do to bring glory to His name! God designed and created the world for His glory, and providentially works through people in this world for His glory. He places us in the communities we are in in order that His name may be glorified!

PAUSE AND REFLECT

▷▷Does it seem wasteful to spend so much time on a box?

▷▷What does it mean to “glorify God”?

▷▷Why is God’s glory so important?

▷▷How are you being used and shaped for the glory of God?