Not the HOW, but the WHO.

It’s Not About the How: It’s About the Who

Pastor Peter Lewis

Have you ever been going along fine, full of peace, maybe even confident in what God’s doing… and then someone—or something—drops a question in your lap that floors you?

“How are you going to afford that?”
“How will that ever work?”
“How are you going to pull that off?”

That one tiny word—how—can hit like a gut punch.

It once happened to me in my backyard, trying to sell a car in a terrible market. Suddenly, this thought barges in: How are you going to sell a car when no one’s buying? I could feel it in my chest, like my peace drained out of me in one moment. That’s when the Holy Spirit dropped something into my spirit that shifted everything.

“You don’t have to answer that.”

I’d never even considered that before. Just because a thought lands in my head doesn’t mean it’s mine to carry, and not every question deserves my energy. But God made it very clear: “That’s not your question. Don’t pick it up.”

I think many of us are running ourselves ragged trying to answer questions we were never meant to carry. The enemy loves to stir up questions—not because he’s interested in the answer, but because he wants to steal your peace. “How are you going to make it through this? How’s this going to turn around? How’s God going to do it?”

Here’s the truth: It’s not your job to figure out the how. That’s God’s business. Our job is to remember the Who.

Look at Abraham. God tells him to sacrifice Isaac—the promised son, the miracle baby. You’d expect him to freeze and say, “Hang on, Lord, HOW is this going to work?” But he doesn’t. He just obeys. He doesn’t ask how because he already knows Who asked him.

Abraham had settled it. If God said it, God’s got it. Hebrews says he even believed that God could raise Isaac from the dead if it came to that. That’s what trust in the Who looks like.

We get into trouble when we try guessing the how, tying our faith to a plan instead of a Person. Then, when the plan changes—or doesn’t play out how we expected—we fall apart. But if your faith is in the Who, you can keep walking even when the path doesn’t make sense.

So let me ask you—what’s been trying to rob your peace? What “how” has been harassing you?

You don’t have to answer it.

Tell the enemy, “If you’re that curious, go ask God. He’s working on it.” Then go about your day trusting the Who. The One who is faithful. The One who provides, who sees ahead and already has the solution worked out.

Take a moment today and pray:
“Lord, I don’t need to know how. I just need to know You. And I do, so I’m trusting You.”

Because it’s not about the how.
It’s about the Who.

And He’s got this.