When God gives you an idea, don’t ask “How?” Ask “Who?”

Think manpower. Every vision, organisation, nation, and family needs a problem solver, and the right person usually carries the how [1 Samuel 16:15-19].

Saul had a problem, and his people went looking for a who.

They remembered David, who had been anointed only a few verses earlier, because the purpose of the anointing is problem solving [Acts 10:38]. Joseph’s story was the same.

He solved problems for his fellow prisoners with his gift, and two years later, when Pharaoh needed an answer, they fished him out of prison [Genesis 41].

No opportunity is small, and an opportunity used well creates another one.

But being found is only half of it. To be the who the moment calls for, you have to become that person first.

Joseph saw himself as a leader long before he was one, and he lived in line with that vision. So think and live like the person in your vision, and say “I am”, not “I will be.”

That identity shows in how you carry yourself.

David was described to Saul as skilled, brave, wise in speech and good-looking, and the Lord was with him [1 Samuel 16:18]. Even your grooming matters, but what matters most is the last part.

Jesus said, “I and my Father are one” [John 10:30], and God cannot fail, so when you are one with Him, it shows in the excellence you carry. People marveled at Peter and John and realised that they had been with Jesus [Acts 4:13]. That is the who the moment calls for.

Here’s the challenge for you this week: Pick one problem around you and ask how you can help solve it. Then act as the person you are becoming.

Find the who, become the who, and the how will follow.

What problem are you being called to solve? 

An excerpt from the sermon by Pastor Sam Adeyemi, on Sunday, November 8, 2026.

Watch this sermon here