Bible Verses of The Day: Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Today’s Focus: The One Question That Changes How You See Everything

If You Could Ask God One Question Right Now

Stop for a moment.

Seriously, pause whatever else you’re doing and consider this.

If God were sitting across from you right now and said “Ask me one question, any question, and I’ll answer it,” what would you ask?

Would you ask why He allowed something painful in your past?

Would you ask when He’s going to answer that long-standing prayer?

Would you ask what your purpose is?

Would you ask if you’re doing what you’re supposed to be doing?

Would you ask about someone you love who’s far from Him?

Hold that question in your mind. We’ll come back to it.

Because here’s what’s interesting: the question you want to ask God reveals what’s dominating your thoughts, consuming your energy, and shaping how you see everything.

It reveals where your focus is. And where your focus is determines how you experience life.

This Wednesday we’re exploring one question that, when asked consistently, transforms how you see your circumstances, your relationships, your struggles, and yourself. It’s not the question you’d probably ask if given one chance. But it’s the question that changes everything when you make it your daily practice.

The Question Most People Ask

What We Fixate On

Most people, if honest, are asking some version of these questions throughout their day:

“Why is this happening to me?” “When will this difficult situation end?” “What did I do to deserve this?” “How can I fix this problem?” “Why isn’t God doing what I asked?”

These questions focus on your circumstances. Your struggles. Your timeline. Your understanding of what should be happening. Your expectation of how God should operate.

There’s nothing inherently wrong with these questions. They’re human. They’re honest. They reflect real concerns about real situations. But when these become the dominant questions shaping your perspective, they create specific way of seeing everything that tends toward frustration, anxiety, and feeling stuck.

What These Questions Produce

When your primary question is “why is this happening to me,” you tend to see yourself as victim of circumstances beyond your control. You focus on what’s wrong rather than what’s possible. You fixate on the problem rather than looking for purpose within it.

When your primary question is “when will this end,” you’re always waiting for life to start after current difficulty passes. You’re enduring present instead of engaging it. You’re missing what’s available now because you’re focused on future when things will be different.

When your primary question is “how can I fix this,” you’re constantly striving, strategizing, trying to control outcomes you can’t actually control. You’re carrying weight you weren’t meant to carry and exhausting yourself trying to manage what’s ultimately God’s responsibility.

These questions keep you focused on what you lack, what’s not working, and what needs to change before you can experience peace or purpose or joy. They orient you toward frustration with what is instead of openness to what could be.

The Question That Changes Everything

What Jesus Modeled

Throughout the Gospels, Jesus consistently asked and answered one foundational question in every situation:

“What is the Father doing here?”

“So Jesus said to them, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.'”

John 5:19 (ESV)

Jesus didn’t act independently. He watched to see what the Father was doing and joined that work. He didn’t impose His own agenda. He looked for the Father’s activity and participated in it.

This wasn’t passive waiting. It was active watching. Constant awareness. Continual asking “What are You doing here, Father? Where are You working? What are You inviting me into?”

When Jesus encountered sick person, He didn’t just see problem to fix. He looked for what Father was doing and joined it. When He faced opposition, He didn’t just strategize how to overcome it. He discerned what Father was accomplishing through it and aligned with that purpose.

How This Question Transforms Your Perspective

When you shift from “Why is this happening to me?” to “What is God doing here?” everything changes.

You move from victim to participant. From problem-focused to purpose-seeking. From trying to control circumstances to discerning God’s work within them. From demanding explanations to discovering invitations.

This question doesn’t make difficult circumstances disappear. It changes how you engage them. You’re no longer just enduring until situation improves. You’re actively looking for what God is doing in the midst of it and how you can participate.

The Reframe: Instead of “Why did I lose my job?” ask “What is God doing in this unemployment season?” Instead of “When will this health issue resolve?” ask “What is God teaching me through this struggle?” Instead of “Why won’t this relationship improve?” ask “What is God inviting me to learn here?”

How to Practice This Question

Start Your Day With It

Before you even get out of bed, ask “God, what are You doing today? Where are You working? What are You inviting me into?”

This sets your orientation. You’re not just facing another day of managing your agenda and solving your problems. You’re entering day where God is already at work and you’re watching for opportunities to join Him.

This transforms ordinary Tuesday from routine to adventure. God is doing something today. Your job is to notice and participate.

Morning Prayer: “God, open my eyes to see where You’re working today. Help me notice what You’re doing and join You in it.”

Ask It in Every Situation

When you encounter frustrating circumstance, before reacting ask “What is God doing here?” When you face unexpected challenge, pause to consider “What is He inviting me into through this?” When you meet person who needs help, ask “Is this divine appointment where God is already at work?”

This doesn’t mean you passively accept everything or never take action. It means you’re seeking to discern God’s activity before imposing your agenda. You’re looking for His work before launching your solutions.

Situational Practice: Train yourself to pause and ask “What is God doing here?” before defaulting to “Why is this happening?” or “How do I fix this?”

Look for Evidence of His Activity

“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.”

Ephesians 2:10 (ESV)

God has prepared good works beforehand. He’s already been working before you arrive on scene. Your job is recognizing the works He’s prepared and walking in them.

This means looking for evidence of His activity:

• The “coincidental” conversation that addresses exactly what you were struggling with
• The unexpected provision that arrives just when you need it
• The Scripture that jumps off page speaking directly to your situation
• The opportunity that opens when you weren’t looking for it
• The person who crosses your path at exactly right moment

These aren’t random. They’re evidence of God’s activity. When you’re asking “What is God doing?” you start noticing what you previously missed.

Evening Reflection: Before bed, identify three places you saw evidence of God’s activity today. Train yourself to notice His work.

Ask What He’s Doing IN You, Not Just AROUND You

God’s primary work often isn’t changing your circumstances. It’s changing you within them. When you ask “What is God doing here?” include “What is He doing in me through this?”

Internal Questions: What character is being formed in me through this difficulty? What dependence on Him is developing through my inability to fix this? What faith is strengthening through having to trust when I can’t see? What compassion is growing through experiencing this struggle?

The situation you’re frustrated by might be exactly where God is doing His most important work in you. Circumstances are tools He uses for formation. When you ask what He’s doing, look internally as well as externally.

What This Question Reveals

When You Can’t See What God Is Doing

Sometimes you ask “What is God doing here?” and you honestly can’t see it. The situation looks pointless. The suffering seems meaningless. The delay appears arbitrary.

This is where trust comes in. Just because you can’t see what He’s doing doesn’t mean He’s doing nothing. Your inability to discern His work is limitation of your perspective, not evidence of His inactivity.

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”

Isaiah 55:8-9 (ESV)

His ways are higher than yours. His thoughts are higher than yours. You won’t always understand what He’s doing. Asking the question anyway keeps you oriented toward trust instead of toward frustration.

When You Can’t See: “God, I don’t understand what You’re doing here. But I trust You’re working. Help me stay open to whatever You’re accomplishing even when I can’t see it.”

When What He’s Doing Doesn’t Match What You Want

Sometimes you ask what God is doing and you realize He’s doing something different than what you wanted. You wanted healing. He’s doing patience-building. You wanted provision. He’s doing trust-deepening. You wanted change in circumstances. He’s doing transformation in character.

This creates choice: Will you resist because it’s not what you wanted? Or will you participate in what He’s actually doing even though it’s different from your preference?

Asking “What is God doing?” doesn’t guarantee you’ll like the answer. It positions you to align with His work instead of fighting for your agenda.

Surrender Response: “God, this isn’t what I wanted. But if this is what You’re doing, help me participate willingly instead of resisting.”

Real-Life Applications

In Difficult Relationship

Old Question: “Why won’t this person change? When will they finally get it? How can I make them understand?”

New Question: “What is God doing in me through this difficult relationship? What patience is He developing? What boundaries is He teaching me to establish? What love is He calling me to demonstrate?”

In Job Frustration

Old Question: “Why am I stuck in this job? When will better opportunity come? How long do I have to endure this?”

New Question: “What is God doing in me through this job? What character is forming? What skills am I developing? Who am I positioned to influence? What contentment am I learning?”

In Financial Pressure

Old Question: “Why can’t we ever get ahead? When will money stop being so tight? How are we supposed to make this work?”

New Question: “What is God doing through this financial pressure? What trust in His provision is developing? What generosity is being tested? What priorities are being clarified?”

In Physical Suffering

Old Question: “Why won’t this heal? When will I feel better? How long do I have to deal with this?”

New Question: “What is God doing through this suffering? What dependence on Him is deepening? What compassion for others is growing? What eternal perspective is forming?”

Your Wednesday Practice

Today, commit to asking “What is God doing here?” in five different situations:

1. In Your Morning: What is God doing in this new day He’s given?

2. In A Frustrating Situation: When something goes wrong, pause and ask what God might be doing in it.

3. In A Conversation: Before or during significant conversation, ask what God is doing in this interaction.

4. In Your Evening Reflection: Look back at the day and identify where you saw evidence of God’s activity.

5. In Your Struggle: Whatever you’re currently struggling with, ask what God is doing in you through it.

Notice how this question shifts your perspective. Notice what you see that you would have missed if you were only asking “Why is this happening?” or “When will this end?”

Closing Challenge

Remember that question you wanted to ask God at the beginning of this post? The one you’d ask if you had one chance?

Here’s the reality: that question reveals where your focus is. And where your focus is shapes everything about how you experience life.

You can keep asking that question. Or you can start asking “What are You doing here, God?” and discover that as you shift focus from demanding explanations to seeking participation, many of those original questions either get answered or stop mattering as much.

God is doing something. In your circumstances. In your relationships. In your struggles. In you. The question is whether you’ll notice and participate or whether you’ll miss it while demanding different circumstances.

This Wednesday, shift the question. Watch what changes.

A Prayer for New Perspective

God, I confess I’ve been asking wrong questions. Questions focused on my understanding, my timeline, my agenda. Questions that keep me frustrated with what isn’t instead of open to what is.

Teach me to ask what You’re doing. To look for Your activity. To seek participation in Your work instead of demanding You participate in mine.

Help me start each day asking what You’re doing and where You’re working. Help me ask this question in every situation instead of defaulting to “Why me?” or “When will this end?”

Open my eyes to evidence of Your activity I usually miss. Help me notice the divine appointments, the timely provisions, the purposeful challenges, the intentional delays.

When I can’t see what You’re doing, help me trust You’re working anyway. When what You’re doing doesn’t match what I want, help me align with Your work instead of resisting it.

Show me what You’re doing in me, not just around me. Help me see how You’re using circumstances to form character, deepen trust, and grow faith.

Transform how I see my difficult relationship. My frustrating job. My financial pressure. My physical struggle. Help me shift from “Why won’t this change?” to “What are You doing through this?”

This Wednesday, help me ask the question that changes everything: What are You doing here, God? Then help me notice, trust, and participate.

In Jesus’s name, Amen.