"Until I bring you word…" Homicide of Proactivity (Part two)

Matthew 2:13 says: "behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word..."
Until I bring thee word, don’t move! Until I bring thee word don’t act on your own, until I bring thee word, don’t change your job. Until I bring thee word, don’t marry in haste. Until I bring thee word, don’t travel on your own. Until I bring thee word, don’t take any rash step. Until I bring thee word, don’t change your routine. Until I bring you word, don’t act smart in the name of pro-activity.

A lot of time we try to be smarter than God, because we have been taught the importance of pro-activity in the school of management. So, we usually go all out on so many projects without consulting God. Forget about your management technique when it comes to God’s specific instructions and timing. Don’t try to persuade God. Don’t organize your own programs. Don’t step out on your own. Don’t do anything without instruction. Joseph was warned in a dream. That was instruction. He woke up and obeyed immediately what the Angel of God told him in the dream. When we wake up, do we rationalize our God given instructions?

Matthew 2:13b says: "...and be thou there until I bring thee word"
This verse shows that instruction must be followed by another instruction in the school of the spirit if we are to be shielded to fulfill our divine calling and purpose. For line must be upon line, precepts upon precepts… Instruction must precede action and reaction for every child of God. Instruction is the utmost. I came to appreciate time and also value instruction more as a result of what I have encountered in dealing with God’s specific words. You got to wait until you catch a revelation. Until a Rhema-word comes alive, until a specific word jumps out of the reading of the word of God, don’t go out on a limb.