The words "ask" and "question" are used a number of different in natural language, and a number of different ways in the Bible. The spiritual meaning of the terms generally relates to the idea of gathering knowledge or, in some cases, acquiring the desire to do what is good.Finally, there are several instances, in the New Testament in particular, where the Lord promises that true believers can have anything they ask for. This ius a spiritual statement: Those who truly believe in and follow the Lord will want only what is spiritually good, will ask only for what is spiritually good, and will get what is spiritually good. Thus they do, indeed, get everything they ask for.When people ask for objects from others – such as when the women of Israel were told to borrow precious things from Egyptian women before the final plague and the flight into the wilderness – it means acquiring knowledge the desire for good (in that particular case stripping those things away from evil people). Asking more general questions means seeking instruction, to bring light to the knowledge you have; at the highest level this rises to the perception of truth arising from the love of the Lord.When the questions are asked by someone in a higher position of someone in a lower position – a master asking servants, and expecially the Lord questioning anyone – it illustrates the Lord perceiving what's inside us, and helping us to see it as well.