Reap What You Sow Mondays with Tony™: What You Keep Watering Will Grow

Tyrone Tony Reed Jr.
Jan 26
3 min read

🌱 Introduction: Growth Is Never Accidental

Harvest doesn’t happen by chance.

What grows in your life is not just about what you planted—it’s also about what you keep watering.

Many people pray for change while continually nourishing the very things holding them back:

Fear watered by constant worry
Discouragement watered by comparison
Anger watered by replaying old wounds
Faith starved by neglect

The truth is simple but sobering:

What you keep watering will grow.

🌿 1. Seeds Respond to Attention

Paul warns us clearly:

“Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.” — Galatians 6:7

But sowing doesn’t stop at planting.Seeds respond to consistent care.

Your time, energy, attention, and agreement are all forms of water.

What you focus on expands. What you rehearse strengthens. What you tolerate multiplies.

🗣️ Declaration: I am intentional about what I give my attention to.

🌿 2. Your Inner Life Is a Field

Scripture says:

“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” — Proverbs 4:23

Your heart is soil.

If bitterness lives there, it grows. If faith is nurtured there, it grows. If gratitude is planted there, it grows.

You cannot neglect your inner life and expect a healthy harvest outwardly.

🗣️ Declaration: I guard my heart and tend my inner life carefully.

🌿 3. Discipline Feels Painful Before It Feels Fruitful

Hebrews reminds us:

“No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace.” — Hebrews 12:11

Some things grow quickly because they require no discipline. Others take time because they require restraint, patience, and sacrifice.

Not every slow-growing area is failing. Some are simply maturing.

🗣️ Declaration: I submit to discipline because I trust the harvest.

🌿 4. You Can’t Water the World and Expect One Crop

Psalm 1 gives us a powerful contrast:

“That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season.” — Psalm 1:3

Trees don’t thrive everywhere. They thrive where they’re planted intentionally.

Trying to nurture everything at once leads to shallow roots everywhere.

Focus fuels fruitfulness.

🗣️ Declaration: I focus my energy where God has planted me.

🌿 5. Renewal Requires New Patterns

Paul tells us:

“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” — Romans 12:2

Old thought patterns water old harvests.

If you want new results, something must change:

New inputs
New disciplines
New boundaries
New obedience

Transformation requires intentional disruption.

🗣️ Declaration: I renew my mind daily and choose new patterns.

🌿 6. Neglect Is Also a Form of Watering

What you ignore doesn’t disappear—it often grows quietly.

Unaddressed issues don’t stay small. Unhealed wounds don’t stay dormant. Unconfessed sin doesn’t stay contained.

Neglect allows weeds to take over.

🗣️ Declaration: I confront what needs tending before it overtakes my field.

🌿 7. God Honors Consistent Care, Not Perfect Conditions

You don’t need ideal circumstances to grow something meaningful.

You need:

Faithfulness
Obedience
Consistency

God brings increase—but we are responsible for daily tending.

🗣️ Declaration: I show up consistently, trusting God for the increase.

🙏🏾 Prayer for Intentional Growth

Lord,

Show me what I’ve been watering without realizing it. Help me pull what doesn’t belong and nurture what does.Give me wisdom to tend my life with discipline, faith, and purpose.Let my next harvest reflect intentional obedience.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

🧱 12 Declarations for Healthy Growth

I water what aligns with God’s will.
I pull weeds before they spread.
My attention is intentional.
My habits shape my harvest.
I guard my heart daily.
Discipline is producing fruit.
I focus where God planted me.
I renew my mind consistently.
Neglect will not define my future.
I trust God’s timing.
Growth is happening even now.
My harvest will reflect obedience.

✍🏾 Closing Word

If you don’t like what’s growing, check what you’ve been watering.

God is faithful to multiply—but He multiplies what is tended, not what is ignored.

And if you’re drawn to stories about spiritual warfare, discipline, obedience, and standing firm in dark seasons, explore my novel series S.O.L.A.D.™: Soldiers of Light Against Darkness™.

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