Praying for gas prices...?

Am I un-Christian for almost laughing at this? Seriously? Part of me wants to laugh at the idea, but another part of me feels ashamed for even considering laughing at someone who wants to pray. I don't know all the details of the story (which is another reason that I hesitate to laugh), but the gist of it is a pastor from some church is actually traveling to some gas station in CA to sponsor a "pray-in." I don't know how far he's traveling--the news story made it sound like it was a long ways--and I don't know what his specific prayer is.

Who am I to say that God's not concerned with our rising gas prices (I'll pay about $3.50/gal today when I fill up)? What if they're right and God's only been waiting for His children to lift up their voices to lower the gas prices?

As soon as I wrote that last sentence I remembered the book of Exodus from the Bible and I think I now know where my problem is with this idea of praying for gas prices. When the Israelites lifted their voices to God, it wasn't because of higher costs of goods, it was because they were being beaten and killed by the Egyptians. They were forced into slavery, and even had their children snatched away from them moments after birth.

There are so many other things we as believers should be crying out to God about, and maybe we are. Yeah, I've been taking a hit at the pumps lately, but I'm still alive. I've had to adjust my budget slightly, but I'm still paying my rent. And if my waist size is any indication, I haven't been starving. When I start noticing all these things, I realize God has been daily answering a much more important prayer, "Give us this day, our daily bread" (Matthew 6:11). Let the gas prices rise, I don't care. I know that God knows how to meet all my needs. My prayer is that more people will understand that very important point.