Reap What You Sow Mondays with Tony™: What You Refuse to Pull Will Eventually Spread: Why Tolerated Habits, Hidden Compromises, and Unchecked Attitudes Multiply in Your Field

Tyrone Tony Reed Jr.
Jan 5
4 min read

🌱 Introduction: Every Field Has More Than Seeds

Planting is important. Watering is necessary. Waiting requires faith.

But there is another part of stewardship many believers overlook:

Maintenance.

Every field eventually grows things you did not intentionally plant. Weeds don’t ask permission. They spread quietly. They compete aggressively. And if left alone long enough, they overtake good seed.

This post is not about condemnation. It is about clarity.

Because one of the most dangerous spiritual mistakes we can make is praying for harvest while refusing to remove what is choking the field.

🌿 1. What You Tolerate Today Will Multiply Tomorrow

Scripture warns us gently but clearly:

“Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards.” — Song of Solomon 2:15

Notice the language: Not lions. Not storms. Not dramatic disasters.

Little foxes.

Small compromises. Minor habits. Quiet attitudes. Subtle distractions. Unaddressed offenses.

The problem with “little” things is not their size — it’s their ability to reproduce.

🗣️ Declaration: I will no longer excuse what God is asking me to address.

🌿 2. Weeds Don’t Look Dangerous at First

No one ignores a full-grown weed. They ignore the sprout.

Weeds look harmless when they are:

Just a thought
Just a habit
Just a delay
Just a relationship
Just an attitude

But unchecked growth always becomes invasive.

“Throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles.” — Hebrews 12:1

Not just sin — hindrances.

Things that slow you. Distract you. Drain you. Pull nutrients from what God is trying to grow.

🗣️ Declaration: I will remove what hinders my growth.

🌿 3. Guarding the Field Is a Daily Assignment

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

Your heart is soil.

What you allow to stay:

Shapes your perspective
Influences your decisions
Determines your future harvest

Prayer plants seed. Obedience waters seed. But discernment pulls weeds.

You cannot guard your heart passively.

🗣️ Declaration: I will guard my heart with wisdom and honesty.

🌿 4. God Will Not Override Your Responsibility to Remove

One of the hardest truths of spiritual growth is this:

God reveals — but you remove.

God shows you:

The habit
The mindset
The relationship
The distraction

But He will not pull what you insist on protecting.

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

That principle applies to what you refuse to uproot, not just what you intentionally plant.

🗣️ Declaration: I take responsibility for my field.

🌿 5. The Enemy Plants Quietly, Not Loudly

Jesus explained this clearly:

“While everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat.” — Matthew 13:25

The enemy doesn’t need chaos. He needs unawareness.

He plants:

During exhaustion
During distraction
During transition
During complacency

That’s why vigilance matters more than intensity.

🗣️ Declaration: I stay spiritually alert and aware.

🌿 6. Pulling Weeds Can Feel Like Loss Before It Feels Like Freedom

Removing something often hurts:

Ending a relationship
Breaking a habit
Changing a pattern
Saying no
Letting go

But what feels like loss today becomes space for growth tomorrow.

A cleared field looks empty before it looks fruitful.

🗣️ Declaration: I trust God in the discomfort of removal.

🌿 7. God Protects the Harvest You Protect the Field

God sends rain. God sends increase. God sends growth.

But He also expects stewardship.

You cannot pray weeds away. You cannot fast weeds away. You cannot worship weeds away.

Some things must be pulled.

🗣️ Declaration: I partner with God by maintaining what He is growing.

🙏🏾 Prayer for Discernment and Courage

Lord,

Show me what I’ve tolerated that is hindering my growth. Give me courage to remove what does not belong. Help me steward my heart, my habits, and my environment wisely. I want a healthy harvest, not just a visible one.

In Jesus’ name, Amen.

🧱 12 Declarations for a Clean Field

I am honest about my field.
I confront what threatens my growth.
I do not excuse what God exposes.
I remove distractions with wisdom.
I protect what God is growing.
I choose discipline over denial.
My field will remain healthy.
I do not fear necessary change.
I partner with God in stewardship.
I value long-term harvest over short-term comfort.
I am vigilant, not passive.
My harvest will be clean and strong.

✍🏾 Closing Word

If something is spreading in your life that you didn’t intend to grow, don’t panic — address it.

Weeds don’t mean failure. They mean attention is required.

God is not punishing you by exposing them. He is protecting your future harvest.

Pull what needs to be pulled. Clear what needs to be cleared. And trust that the field will respond.

And if you appreciate stories that explore spiritual warfare, discernment, responsibility, and the cost of ignoring what spreads in the dark, explore my novel series S.O.L.A.D.™: Soldiers of Light Against Darkness™.

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