I really wish He would have told me because I could have planned for our own healing and miracles service on Sunday, June 21.  He could have stayed at my house in the spare bedroom, and we could have hung out together.  Instead, we’re just going to have a regular old worship service where I’ll be limited to just talking about Him rather than having Him show up in person.

I guess I just wasn’t aware that I can have God show up and do supernatural things on demand.  I didn’t know that He was just one click away, much like my Movies on Demand feature on my TV.  I suppose I should have realized this earlier, because I’ve known churches to be rather demanding of God all my life.

When I was a kid, my church scheduled God to show up and bring a revival to our town.  We advertised it in the newspaper, made a huge banner and hung it outside the church, and even made bumper stickers for all the members to stick on the backs of their cars.  We then brought in an evangelist who evidently has a direct line to God.  I’m pretty sure we paid this guy fairly well to bring the entire town to its knees.  He preached long sermons each night at the church, told stories I know were mostly lies, and then made us sing all 29 stanzas of Just As I Am because evidently there was someone who needed to come to the altar who was refusing.

I’m pretty sure revival didn’t come to my hometown that week, but the hype was good for my church.  Offerings went up, and through the bumper sticker ministry, more people than ever became familiar with the name of the church.  However, no one said anything after the fact about how there wasn’t a revival during our revival.

I suppose the same will be true of the church in my neighborhood.  There will be a lot of hype among spiritually gullible people but no true healings and miracles will happen inside the walls of that church between June 11-14.  God will not allow Himself to be “on demand” by His people.

Some reading this will call me a man of little faith and question whether I should even be a pastor, but I imagine that most will chuckle with me and feel a bit embarrassed for this poor church.