GOD, I WON’T WASTE MY TIME WHEN IT COMES TO YOU!!!

That’s me singing to God and Him sweetly singing back to me: ‘I won’t waste my time when it comes to you, My Nik!’ God not only sings this to me, He shows me how intimately He is involved in my life. Like this morning at my prayer altar (my new God tree in Nigeria), I read an old post about our friend, Lucky Omoluwa, and, as I came into the office today, of all the people, it was my staff on the phone with his staff about a vehicle that came in for repairs. I took that as no coincidence, but God Himself winking at us all to learn from Lucky. Here’s what I had written about him:

“WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?”

I asked Kevin, Jason, and Ceri this morning in our WhatsApp group showing them a pic of the song ‘Highest In The Room’ playing by Travis Scott that I named our group after (they are really putting up with me guys!!!) The goal is to put together a book of ten chapters with some awesome advice of living our best lives with God. Today, for full transparency, I added my husband and a close friend to the conversation. But to explain what I mean by the highest in the room, I thought to write about someone who lived it, our great friend, Lucky Omoluwa, until God said He wanted His special angel back with Him.

Let me tell ya, I had the honor and privilege of watching Lucky in action. He lived life having direct communications with God Himself. This is what I imagine when I say highest in the room: Living life with one foot on earth and one foot in heaven having moment-by-moment conversations asking God what He would have us to do (or not do), say (or not say) and go (or not go) in every moment. Every conversation. Every circumstance. Every relationship. The things Lucky accomplished while here were nothing but extraordinary, and I have no doubt that this was how he did them.

Take, for example, the school he built where my kids attended in Nigeria. The school has given us five fierce kids. No joke! Today I had a video call with my daughter, Ember, at her university in New York, where she was sitting, looking so pretty, in the skybox overlooking the football team as one of the team managers. This super fierce daughter was trained at Lucky’s school, where she got a strong foundation not only in academic excellence but also in character training, learning perseverance, responsibility, integrity, discipline, and excellence as part of the core values. Even after his death, his legacy lives on in the hundreds of students still passing through those school doors. That’s the highest in the room I’m talking about. Even after death, he continues to positively impact the world!

I write a lot about love and loyalty in these posts because Lucky demonstrated these values on an out-of-this-world level. We traveled all over the world together, and he was exceedingly generous and loving, treating our family as if it were his own. Like, who would pay for a family of six to travel the world with them and cover most of the expenses? Lucky! They welcomed us to their home every Saturday in Nigeria, where I know God Himself sent me to his wife for training on how to be a wise and calm wife (still learning!). Before Kevin and I became so close, she was my guardrail, helping me to stay cool when the crazy lady wanted to come out. She is my shining example of a person who has beautifully pointed me to God. She and Lucky have been great influencers on my family. Not one moment around them was a waste of time. Even in death, I remain loyal to Lucky.

Bottom-line: What I really want us to take from Lucky is that God was his Man! The level of generosity, courage, love, loyalty, and excellence he demonstrated was that he was having continual conversations with God Himself using God’s wisdom, tact, and guidance (Not that he got it right all the time, nobody’s perfect!) This is where I want us all!! Everything is between God and us and not between us and anyone else. Seeing Ember on that video call looking so happy and flourishing was my special reminder of how God exceeds our expectations when we stick with Him. May Lucky’s life remind us all that we’re not here for a long time (every moment is a gift!), but for a good time, hopefully accomplishing some great things on God’s behalf. Amen!