You can certainly just ask it. Sometimes some of us could benefit from a little more boldness.
Or, sometimes it could also be a good idea to ask someone else to ask. Someone else with a little more
Take Peter, sitting around the table at the last Passover they would spend with Jesus. I don’t know whether to be annoyed at his timidity, or impressed with his cleverness. Why couldn’t he just ask Jesus himself for the identity of the betrayer? On the other hand, since betrayal is such a touchy subject that’s already got Jesus a little distraught, why not punt it to his closest disciple?
The bigger the question, and the higher the stakes of the answer, then the more wisdom is needed in the asking.
