Supply And Demand

If you have even the most basic understanding of business, you understand that the price we pay for things is a reflection of supply and demand. Businesses do market research, hold focus groups, and conduct surveys to determine what it is we want. They then decide how much we are willing to pay if the market has different amounts available for purchase. A prime example of supply and demand is what happens year after year when people line up to purchase the newest pair of Jordan's. Nike has done an excellent job of ensuring that quantities are so limited that the supply never exceeds the demand. 

Have you ever wanted to be like Nike? Have you ever had a product that you wanted to distribute? You believed in it because it was both extremely popular, yet rare. Have you wondered about the price that people would be willing to pay if your product was positioned to never exceed the demand?

If you are a Christian, you should be like Nike. You have the love of God to distribute. You and other Christian's belief in God's love makes it popular, however among the general population knowledge of its true power is rare. God's love shown through you should be so appealing that people line up to receive it from you year after year. They should desire it so much that they will give anything, pay any price to receive what you already have. 

Why is it that you are failing to give them what they need? Why are people coming to you for love and receiving a rain check ticket or an out of business sign instead? Why are you not a walking advertisement of God's love? Why are you not conducting research to determine the best way to deliver God's love? When did you last conduct bible study? Bible study is after all nothing more than a focused group designed to acquaint others with the power of God's love. Have you bothered to survey those in need to find out what part of God's word would change their situation right now? Is it that you have mistaken God's love for an ever popular pair of Jordan's, something that is sometimes supplied, but never able to meet the demand?


And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

Mark 16:15