Mixed messages?

As previously mentioned, my husband brings coffee and my quiet time materials to me before my feet even hit the floor each morning.  This morning as he deposited the Bibles and books onto the bed he remarked, "This pile gets higher every time I pick it up!"  I can't seem to help that.  There's just so much good stuff out there!  However, there is what appears on the surface to be a down side to that as well.  Am I getting mixed messages from reading too much?
On the one hand my sources encourage me to "wait".  I am not to run ahead of God.  I am not to be concerned about providing for my own needs for the day.  I am to trust God....to wait.  "If God so clothes the grass of the field...will He not much more clothe you...?" (Matthew 6:30)
"Sit in the Light of My Presence, and receive My Peace.  These quiet moments with Me transcend time, accomplishing far more than you can imagine." (Jesus Calling by Sarah Young)  More "wait".
Then I read that there is such a thing as "over-waiting".  "A great deal is said in the Bible about waiting for God....We easily grow impatient of God's delays.....We cannot wait for the answers to our prayers.  But there is another phase of the lesson.  God often waits for us.  We fail many times to receive the lesson He has for us because we do not go forward with Him." (J.R. Miller in Streams in the Desert)
Miller goes on to point out that while waiting is an important part of my walk with God, there are times when it falls upon me to "go forward with a firm step".  He, or she, points to Abraham of the Old Testament.  God made great promises to Abraham, but those promises were contingent upon Abraham leaving home, friends, country and going off into the unknown in order to receive those blessings.
So...what's a girl to believe?  Do I "wait upon the Lord" or do I "Go forward (into the unknown) with a firm step"?  The answer is a resounding Yes!
I receive wonderful encouragement from family and friends about how they are inspired by a particular blog and while I treasure this encouragement I must point out that these are not original observations.  They are available to everyone and are there for the taking.  Isn't that just the greatest reality?  I can't possibly stumble and fall in my journey if I simply trust and obey.
"Help us not only to receive Him but to walk in Him, depend on Him, commune with Him, follow Him as dear children, imperfect, but still pressing forward, not complaining of labour, but valuing rest, not murmuring under trials, but thankful for our state." (The Valley of Vision)
So, there it is: Wait...and Move Forward!