“The Big Mo” – Back in the 1960’s this was a title attributed to sports teams as they seemed to develop MOMENTUM as they strung together good plays. And for decades now commentators have played off of that idea as they analyze which way MOMENTUM has shifted…
This thinking came out of a very real study analyzing BEHAVIORAL MOMENTUM… in 1938 B. F. Skinner proposed that there was a correlation between a resistance to change and a rate of reinforcement. In other words, figuring out what causes someone to go from a static position to gaining MOMENTUM… In the sports world, maybe a team is “flat” and not performing well, but then a player makes a big play… excites the team and the fans… and the behavioral reinforcement is to repeat that energy/effort… thus, no longer being “flat,” and stringing together multiple good plays!
MOMENTUM is a very real thing… BUT we must understand that it is only MOMENTUM if there is MOVEMENT! We live in a world of a lot of talk and a lot of dreaming… and not a lot of doing! A simple definition of MOPMENTUM is: strength or force gained by a MOVING object.
As a player or a coach, I always loved the ones that would step up and bring energy to the team to get us out of being “flat.” I’ve always believed that energy and effort are contagious!
I could spend a lot of time on these ideas this week, but the Game Plan isn’t really as much about MOMENTUM, as it is about TEAMMATES… Are you surrounded by people that PUSH you? (And I guess there needs to be even further clarification, that PUSH you in the right direction?)
TEAM CHRISTIAN is dependent upon PUSHing one another! It demands being ACTIVE, not just talking…
Romans 1:12 that is, that I may be encouraged together with you…
The word “encouraged” has the idea of being exhorted or strengthened or comforted… PUSHed!
Romans 15:2 Let each of us please his neighbor for his good edification.
This is the idea of promoting one another’s growth… PUSHing!
1 Thessalonians 5:11 Therefore comfort each other and edify one another…
The word “comfort” also carries the idea pf to exhort and strength ten… the word “edify” to promote growth… PUSH!
Are you pushing me? I sure hope so…
Surround yourself with TEAMMATES that PUSH you.. it will
help you build The Big Mo!
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