Second Fiddle
A fan once asked conductor Leonard Bernstein what instrument is hardest to play. “Second fiddle,” he quickly replied. “I can always get plenty of first violinists, but to find one who plays second violin with as much enthusiasm … now that’s a problem. And yet if no one plays second, we have no harmony.”
The church certainly needs both leaders and followers. And everyone should be flexible and ready to pivot quickly.
It’s also important to have other arrows in our quiver — something biblical
figures often demonstrated, according to Pastor Frank Ramirez. Although Amos was a high-profile prophet, he probably intended to return to being a shepherd and tending sycamore trees. Nehemiah, the emperor’s cupbearer, had a second chapter helping to restore Jerusalem’s walls and greatness. The apostles also had multiple roles, with careers in fishing and tax collecting before they left to follow Jesus. What might your next life-chapter look like? How can you use it to bring glory to god?