After the wise men had left, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said 'Get up, take the child and his mother with you, and escape into Egypt, and stay until I tell you, because Herod intended to search for the child and do away with him,' So Joseph got up and, taking the child and his mother with him left that night for Egypt, where he stayed until Herod was dead.
This was to fulfil what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: I called my son out of Egypt. After Herod's death, the angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt and said 'Get up, take the child and his mother with you and go back to the land of Israel, for those who wanted to kill the child are dead.' So Joseph got up, taking the child and his mother with him, went back to the land of Israel.
But when he learnt that Archelaus had succeeded his father Herod as the ruler of Judaea he was afraid to got there, and being warned in a dream he left for the region of Galilee. There he settled in a town called Nazareth. In this way the words spoken throughout the prophets were to be fulfilled: He will be called a Nazarene.
The Gospel of the Lord.
When the Father was talking through church, he spoke about "Saint Joseph" and the fact that Joseph never actually says a single work in the Bible, but he takes many actions for the sake of God. The Father made me realise that what ever Joseph was asked to do, he did without question. One more than one occasion he was instructed to do things form God. He was told by the prophet to "Get up, take the child and his mother with you" and so Joseph "Got up, taking the child and mother with him."
In life we all know that we must GET UP for God and do what is right. We don't have to fight it, argue about it or even tell the world about it. We just need to do as Joseph did and "Get up" and do what is necessary. It could be something as simple as saying a pray for someone to as inspirational as joining ministry.
Just "Get Up" and do something positive for God.
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