See. Taste. Go.

by melissa bradshaw

It might surprise you to learn that there are roughly 6,500 spoken languages in the world. The 10 most-spoken languages in the world are English (with more than 1.1 billion speakers), Mandarin, Hindi, Spanish, French, Arabic, Bengali, Russian, and Portuguese, and the tenth is Indonesian, with over 200 million speakers. Then there are languages such as Busuu, spoken by only a few people in Cameroon, Africa!

How many languages do you speak? Did you know that you use some common words from other languages? The English word “lemon” comes from an Arabic term for “citrus,” “mosquito” is Spanish for “little fly,” and “prairie” is a French word for “meadow.” The topic of languages is very interesting.

Another fascinating language is Bee-ese. Have you heard of that one? This is the language spoken by bees. Yes, bees talk to each other! That’s how they tell each other where to find nectar. The language of bees is actually a dance. If a source of food is nearby, a bee will do what’s called a “round dance.” Although the round dance doesn’t give directions, the bees know a source of food is close by.

The bee that scouts out the source of food brings samples of nectar back to the hive to share with the other bees. The scout shares a little nectar with the bees in one section of the hive, does a little dance to show the direction of the source, then moves to another section of the hive and repeats the same treat and dance.

This reminds me of Psalm 34:8, which says, “Taste and see that the Lord is good,” and of Jesus’ words in Matthew 28:19-20, where He said, “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”

When we have tasted of God’s love, patience, kindness, and goodness, we can share that with those around us so they can find the source of all happiness—God.

Give the language of bees a try, and lead others to Jesus.

This article is provided by My Place with Jesus, a ministry of It is Written, a Christian media ministry based in Chattanooga, Tennessee that has been proclaiming the message of God’s love since 1956. Check out more fun and games on the My Place with Jesus website!