Power to the People at the Pump

The free market system of America works in a far reaching, complex, yet amazingly effective way. It's called the law of supply and demand. I won't take the time here to define it; Google it, or look it up in a high school social studies book. Today's high prices at the pump reflect, in part, the sky-rocketing demand of our market and the bloating demand in China where everyday citizens are discovering the miracle of the internal combustion engine by the tens of thousands every week.

The oil producers, domestic and foriegn, simply see that the demand is pushing the supply and the demand shows no sign in slowing down. 2 plus 2 for them equals setting the price for a barrel of oil at whatever they deem reasonable. If the demand shows no sign of diminishing, they will smile and add another dollar to the price of their barrel. If the demand effectively and steadily slows down, they will frown, hold and or drop the price of that precious barrel of oil.

For me, the message of the Kingdom of God makes everything, and I do mean everything, spiritual in nature. Even the price of gas. And since it is, a pastor ought to speak something from the heart of God to this issue. Some pastors won't and since this is America, they have the right to be wrong. I, however, will not be silent.

I am calling on anyone and everyone who will listen to join me in sending a simple and strong message to the oil companies. DO NOT BUY GASOLINE ON SUNDAYS. I'm a dreamer, and in my dream I ask, what if millions and millions of people all across the nation just simply stopped buying gas on Sundays. One day of demand evaporates from the balance sheet by the millions of gallons. Sound interesting to you? What have you got to lose? Let's try...........let's see those fists raised in the air and shout, "Power to the people at the pump".