Continue to work hard on your business, career, and ministry. No matter how hard and bad your nation is, God’s word is not altered by human circumstances. If He has said it, you will see it. But build on the principles of consistency and faithfulness. Sit and serve in your church. Give dangerously. Watch and wait for God to blow you. For when God blows you, no man can quench you. For “whatever the Lord does shall be forever” (Ecclesiastes 3:14).
While at the university in 1993, I caught a profound vision of leaving Nigeria for America, obviously for a better life, as we would often describe it. At that time, I was actively serving the Lord under the leadership of a great ministry led by a father in the faith. This was a silent season of hidden labours in my life. I was like a madman for God. I never missed a Sunday service. I never missed a mid-week service. I was so madly in love with God that, on days when I had no money for transportation, I would walk to church and still be the first to arrive for services. We would finish our church conferences at 11:30 p.m., and I would walk back home in the thick darkness of the night, crossing dangerous bridges and neighbourhoods. The Lord kept me.
