Maintain Your Momentum: 3 Tips

It’s one thing to start your day strong, but it’s another thing to be able to maintain your momentum throughout the entire day. Take a moment to reflect on your days: What takes you there? Disturbs your peace? Messes up your energy?

Today is my last day of 35 and the Lord is actively teaching me how to maintain my momentum- regardless. He’s making me extremely aware of those little things that mess up my energy, disrupt my joy, my flow, my peace. If we are going to be all that Christ created us to be, and do all that He has for us to do, it’s imperative that we learn how to stay focused on the prize- in the midst of any distractors or triggers.

As we gain insight into our triggers, they lose their power.

We’re often triggered without even realizing we’re triggered. It’s only by the grace of God that we can see triggers for what they really are and get to the root of the issue. Typically, before we’re at the point of identifying our triggers, we spend all of our energy on surface level issues- missing the real issue.

The real issue is found within us.

Triggers are essentially inappropriate, yet automatic, responses that we have to various situations- without even realizing it. The lack of consciousness is key because we often focus on the situation, overlooking that our response is not really about the situation. The situation only provoked, or triggered, an issue within us. Those issues lie within the heart.

“Keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life.”
– Proverbs 4:23

God often uses situations and people to reveal issues within us. God reveals in order to correct. I encourage you to start paying attention to the situations that trigger you. Ask God to show you why that issue causes you to react a certain way. Also, consider the following 3 tips.

Maintain Your Momentum: 3 Tips

1. Don’t be so easily offended.

Being easily offended will cause you to lose your momentum quite easily. Even if you’re at a place of venting and moving on quite quickly, you still must start assessing the amount of time that you lose due to offenses. What could you have accomplished had you not been so easily offended? Consider how you would have showed up and excelled had you not been offended.

Being easily offended hinders us in a major way. We must learn to not be offended so easily so we can remain focused on the goal/tasks at hand.

2. Keep the goal top of mind.

So often, we’re distracted or offended in the midst of working on something important or worthwhile. Instead of giving in to the offense or distraction, remind yourself of your goal. Are you working on a group/team project? Are you celebrating someone or something? Or, are you simply focused on enjoying your day?

Whatever your goal is, stay focused on it. Consider the goal more important than giving in to any negative emotion. Remember:

Nothing good comes from negativity.

3. Consider composure.

Lately, God has really been opening my eyes to the many benefits of composure. There is a reason that self-control is a fruit of the Spirit. If we study the life of Christ, we’re able to see Him walking in composure and self-control, amidst manifold temptations. Consider the impacts of composure, as opposed to the impacts of losing it. It’s never worth it to lose composure. Alternatively, you gain so much by maintaining composure. When you keep composure, you demonstrate to yourself and others that outside circumstances don’t control you.

As we grow in self control, we demonstrate to others that the power of God dwelling in us, is able to keep us calm regardless of what’s going on around us.

I pray that these 3 tips will help you to maintain your momentum. Consider what’s at stake. Consider the plans that God has for you and never forget that Satan has plans for you, too (John 10:10). Daily, put on the whole armor of God so you can stand strong against the enemy’s attacks.