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?
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