Reap What You Sow Mondays with Tony: Dig Again

Welcome back to another Reap What You Sow Mondays with Tony, where the Word meets real life and faith digs deep. Today’s post is for those who feel tired of trying, weary of starting over, or tempted to give up on something you know God once breathed life into.

This is your divine instruction: Dig again.

Honoring Memorial Day: A Legacy Worth Digging Into

Before we go deeper, let’s take a moment to recognize that today is Memorial Day—a sacred national moment where we honor the men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. But did you know Memorial Day's origins are rooted in the faithful remembrance of Black Americans?

In 1865, newly freed African Americans in Charleston, South Carolina, organized one of the first commemorations by exhuming Union soldiers from a mass grave and giving them proper burials. They then held a parade with thousands of Black children, women, Union troops, and ministers, honoring the sacrifice made for their freedom.

Their act was not just remembrance—it was reclamation. They dug again. They reclaimed the honor, dignity, and memory of those whose sacrifice paved the way for liberty. They made it known that some seeds must be replanted in soil that will honor the fruit they produced.

So today, as we reflect on the command to dig again, let’s also remember: we are standing on ground that others fought, bled, and died to clear. Your spiritual inheritance and your personal calling are worth defending and reclaiming.

"If freedom is the harvest, then sacrifice is the seed.""Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends." — John 15:13 (ESV)

When the Wells Are Blocked

Isaac returned to the land of his father and found that the very wells Abraham had dug—wells of life, legacy, and provision—had been filled with dirt by the Philistines. Sabotaged. Buried. Erased.

Can you relate?

• That relationship you poured into, now filled with bitterness.

  
  

• That ministry or business you started, now buried under criticism or fatigue.

  
  

• That calling you once walked in boldly, now suffocated by insecurity or delay.

But Isaac didn’t walk away. He dug again.

He went back to the same ground, honored the legacy, and re-dug the wells. Because sometimes, your breakthrough isn’t in starting something new. It’s in returning to the ground God already gave you and digging deeper.

"Just because others covered it doesn’t mean God canceled it.""Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert." — Isaiah 43:19 (ESV)

There are some things in your life that may look buried, but they’re not dead. They’re waiting. Waiting for your obedience. Waiting for your faith. Waiting for you to dig again.

The Power of Reclaiming What Was Yours

Isaac didn’t rename the wells. He called them what his father did. That matters.

In a world obsessed with rebranding and starting fresh, God sometimes calls us to return to what He already named:

• Your identity.

  
  

• Your mission.

  
  

• Your roots.

Reclaim the gift. Reclaim the voice. Reclaim the ground.

Even when others try to block your access, your inheritance in God is still valid. You can build again. You can restore what was buried. You can dig again.

"What was filled with dirt can still flow with water.""And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up." — Galatians 6:9 (ESV)

Digging again requires humility. It requires endurance. But it also testifies to your belief that what God started is still worth finishing.

S.O.L.A.D. Spotlight: Angelo Dug Through Grief

In Book II of S.O.L.A.D.™, Angelo isn’t just fighting demons in the city—he’s digging through the emotional wreckage of loss, fear, and self-doubt.

He wants to quit. He feels abandoned. He questions his role. Grief is clogging his well. Confusion has silenced his clarity.

But when he finally taps into the deep well of purpose that was seeded in him from Book I, the flow returns. Power. Clarity. Strength. And not just for himself—for the team, for the city, for the Kingdom.

What seemed buried was actually being preserved.

And when he dug again, what poured out was legacy.

"Some wells are protected in silence until the right time to be reopened.""For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope." — Jeremiah 29:11 (ESV)

What to Do When You're Called to Dig Again

1. Return with Honor Go back to the dream, the idea, the place—not with resentment, but with reverence. Honor what God once started.

2. Bring Tools, Not Tears You can grieve what was lost, but don’t stay stuck. Pick up your spiritual shovel. The ground still responds to faith.

3. Expect Resistance Isaac had to dig multiple wells before he found room to flourish. Enemies will push back. Keep digging anyway.

4. Name It Again Speak life over it. Call it what God called it. Reclaim its identity, its authority, and its assignment.

5. Don’t Stop at One There may be more than one well. Keep moving. Every place your foot treads, God can bless. The flow is coming.

"Dig again until the flow matches the promise.""They that sow in tears shall reap in joy." — Psalm 126:5 (KJV)

This Week's Challenge

• Identify one area of your life you once gave up on.

  
  

• Ask the Holy Spirit: Do I need to dig again?

  
  

• Write down what made you stop last time.

  
  

• Then speak this over yourself: "God, if You’re giving me this ground again, I will dig. I trust You for the water."

"Digging again doesn’t mean failure. It means faith.""Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." — Hebrews 11:1 (KJV)

Let Memorial Day remind you: the sacrifice was not in vain. Don’t abandon your inheritance. Reopen the wells of faith, courage, discipline, and vision.

Soldiers of Light Against Darkness™: Dig Again!

The soil of purpose is rarely soft. But if you dig with God, it always gives way to water.

Let today be the day you return to what was buried. Let the doubters talk. Let the haters watch. And let the water flow.

Want to see how digging again unleashes purpose? Read the S.O.L.A.D.™: Soldiers of Light Against Darkness™ series and follow young warriors who had to reclaim lost ground, rediscover buried purpose, and rise with holy fire.

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