{"id":9727,"date":"2022-01-25T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/?p=9727"},"modified":"2021-11-25T12:14:36","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T12:14:36","slug":"sport-principle-31-get-a-grip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/friends-of-cvm\/sport-principle-31-get-a-grip\/","title":{"rendered":"Sport Principle 31: Get a grip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">About the Sport Principle<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like weightlifters, high-level rock climbers stand or fall, (often quite literally) on the strength of their grips. Grip strength is of crucial importance here, and Sports Science tests often focus on climbers\u2019 forearms with the aim of discovering what makes good climbers uniquely effective with their grip. It\u2019s similar with judo. Technically, British judo players can match the very best in the world, but the reason why we are still to win our first Olympic gold medal in the sport is that we are beaten on grips! Whether our top players are intimidated or they just struggle physiologically to take hold of an opponent\u2019s lapel and sleeve, the fact is that we are often beaten before we start. If you can\u2019t get hold of an opponent, nothing else matters, no matter how technically gifted you are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Application to Life<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This particular principle is very simple. There are times in our lives where we simply have to get a grip! Like rock climbers or the GB judo team, you may have lots of talent, even explicitly for God and His Kingdom, but unless you can get a grip and flat-out work hard, discipline yourself and exercise self-control, it will not count for much in the final analysis. We need to actively, even aggressively, take hold of God\u2019s will for our lives. Quit being passive today. The Israelites had to go in and proactively possess the promised land, and it\u2019s well documented that there were lots of battles along the way. In the same way, we need to deliberately and pro-actively possess the promised life that God has for us. I love the fact that the great story of the ancient Israelites\u2019 Exodus out of Egypt and subsequent journey to and conquest of the Promised Land can be used in so many ways as an analogy and a metaphor for our Christian journey of faith. If we have the stomach for the fight, we will taste that life of milk and honey and truly leave the life of desert wandering in the wilderness of sin behind us for good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThen he taught me, and he said to me, \u201cTake\u00a0hold\u00a0of\u00a0my words with all your heart; keep my commands, and you will live.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Proverbs 4:4.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Image credit: Anastase Maragos via Unsplash<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/friends-of-cvm\/sport-principle-31-get-a-grip\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 897245;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png?w=750\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the Sport Principle Like weightlifters, high-level rock climbers stand or fall, (often quite literally) on the strength of their grips. Grip strength is of crucial importance here, and Sports Science tests often focus on climbers\u2019 forearms with the aim of discovering what makes good climbers uniquely effective with their grip. It\u2019s similar with judo. 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Put simply, if the objective is to topple an object or person, where there is a prop or support, there is strength, and the objective becomes very difficult to achieve. Picture a simple plastic chair, of the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Friends of CVM&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/judo-BLOG.jpg?fit=610%2C291&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9631,"url":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/friends-of-cvm\/sport-principle-25-see-life-as-an-opponent-to-beat\/","url_meta":{"origin":9727,"position":2},"title":"Sport Principle 25: See life as an opponent to beat","date":"16 November 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"About the Sport Principle Combat is a popular metaphor for describing any kind of conflict in life, whether physical or not. So, we may\u00a0wrestle\u00a0with our consciences as we\u00a0get to grips\u00a0with a problem. 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