On Language

I believe that He talks to us in straightforward manner but His stories of valuable lessons He talks in parables for us to seek Him and His Word. He uses parables as it is also a way to make His words invincible.

I love reading poems, words being woven into something cryptical. Also love euphemism and paradox, also parables. I like the idea of decrypting words.

Sometimes, I get things complicated when the words are already before me. Today it hit me. I came across about believing that God talks to us in a language we could easily understand especially with things He wanted to tell us.

Jesus told Peter to put out his nets into the deep water (Luke 5:4). Peter was a fisherman, Jesus didn't ask him to code an HTML, or if Peter knows about tax collection, or even about the bible (Jesus' eyes was already on Peter being His disciple).

He simply asked him to cast his nets to reveal something He wanted Peter to do. Peter has been fishing all night, been fishing all his life and he probably knows when to just stop because there won't be any catch on certain days. This time, Jesus came, most probably, in time he didn't know who He was but Peter obeyed. With obedience, Peter became fishers of men.