MOMENTUM

Is the product of the mass and velocity of an object in Physics?

Def. force or speed of movement: strength or force gained by motion or through the development of events :

impetus -  a driving force: impulse: stimulation or encouragement resulting in increased activity

Momentum deals with moments

Our life and future are often determined by how we respond and react to moments in time.

Moments produce momentum – how we respond to the momentum determines our end result

Bible Examples of Moments

2 Kings 13:14-19; 22

¹⁴ Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. ¹⁵ And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows. ¹⁶ And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the king’s hands. ¹⁷ And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the Lord's deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them. ¹⁸ And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice and stayed. ¹⁹ And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou should have smitten five or six times; then had thou smitten Syria till thou had consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.

²² But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.

Joshua 14:6-14 (Joshua took Hebron)

·        A Levitical city. Jos 20:7

·        A city of refuge. Jos 21:11

·        Royal Residence of David when he became king of Judah  2 Sam 5:5

·        David was anointed as king over all Israel (2Sa_2:1-4, 2Sa_2:11; 1Ki_2:11).

Judges 1:20-21

²⁰ And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak. ²¹ And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem, but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.

Benjamin missed their opportunity to take Jerusalem (400 more years before David was able to take it. 

Luke 19:41-44

⁴¹ And when he was come near, he beheld the city and wept over it, ⁴² Saying, If thou had known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. ⁴³ For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, ⁴⁴ And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knew  not the time of thy visitation.

WE ARE IN A MOMENT

Things to do in a moment

1.     Press passed weariness and discouragement.

2.     Believe again – Rekindle your faith

3.     Avoid offense

4.     Become Audacious

5.     Break out – Do things differently

6.     Don’t stop short