Ju. Jones

Like many of you, God has blessed us with momentum.  We’re continuing to grow on Sundays.  Our small groups are multiplying.  God is raising up new leaders.  More people are getting plugged into our volunteer staff teams.  People are coming to know Christ.  Attenders invite new people every week.  Individuals continually express their excitement about beign a part of what God is doing.  Whenever we experience momentum, our tendency is to coast and play it safe.  Why risk loosing momentum, right?  We high five each other, slap each other on the backs, and make preparations for our victory party.  What we fail to realize is that we can loose momentum as quickly as we got it.  Anyone that has lost ministry momentum knows it difficult to recreate it; in some cases, nearly impossible.  Momentum is not something we create, but something we steward.  If God has given us momentum, we can’t take the credit.  We can only leverage it for advancing God’s kingdom.  We can’t want to wait until we’re in a crisis and loose momentum to expand.  We must launch something new while we have momentum.  As Andy Stanley says, “New always triggers momentum.”  The best time to launch something new is when you have momentum, not after you loose it. This can enable you to maintain momentum in the long haul.  I call this the ocean concept.  Before a wave crashes and hits the shore, the ocean has already created new waves.  This continuous momentum keeps surfers at the beach.  Launching the new while you have momentum can keep momentum going.