Playing Second Fiddle

When I was growing up, I always wanted to be able to play an instrument. My mother never had lessons, but she could play a piano by ear. She played hymns at services. She could play guitar. She could play harmonica. She was self-taught. I just thought it'd be great to be able to play an instrument. And the guitar was my choice. You can't carry a piano down to the creek bank, but a guitar can go everywhere.

But that opportunity didn't really come to pass at the time. Then, after getting grown, going to college, graduating, and being sent into the field for three years in Texas, I was transferred in 1975 to Montgomery, Alabama, that summer. 1975, that summer, I found myself, Angela, and I did in Montgomery, Alabama. In the church there, there was a member who worked at a music shop. I began to talk with him about the possibility of buying a guitar and learning to play it.

He asked me one question. He said, Do you type? Because, you know, I guess it wasn't a mental block, but I was thinking, well, maybe the guitar would be a little harder to play than, you know, maybe it is. Whatever. I was hesitant, and he just said, Do you type?

I said, Yes. I'm a good typist. He said, Then you can learn to play the guitar. Well, his last name was Ponder, so I pondered about it for a while and took him up on it and bought a guitar. He gave me a few lessons, showed me some shortcuts on cording, and I learned to play some basic rhythm. And it is basic rhythm. I don't pick the guitar. It's just basic rhythm. And primarily country-western style. So at age 25, I realized a certain goal that I'd had all my life growing up, being able to play a musical instrument other than just the radio.

Not fancy, just basic, but I was playing. And for what I wanted to do, it was sufficient. I enjoyed it. I still do, although I hardly pick it up anymore. At least in more recent times, time hasn't permitted. But in time, I hope to get back to it in a much more involved manner. But I realized long ago, I'll never be fancy with it. My son, Lauren, who's in Australia, he taught himself to play. He could play Free Bird. He could play with the guitar behind his back and all. I mean, he's just a natural with it. I don't even think down that line with myself whatsoever.

I really don't have any desire to be fancy with it. And I have my doubts that, for that matter, if I'd ever set out to be fancy with it, that it would even be possible, even if I wanted to be fancy with it, my left hand and my left wrist have been messed up sufficiently due to accidents to my arm and my hand that I probably would not be able to make some of the difficult chords that you do have to make.

You have to get your hand in a certain positioning to make certain chords. And because of the accidents that have occurred to my left arm and wrist and my hand, frankly, I don't think I could even do that.

I just have to leave the fancy work to others. Now, the guitar was my instrument of choice, and it still is, although, again, I never be fancy with it. But over the years, I have discovered something, something that has been quite revealing to me.

It's more surprising and certainly encouraging, out of all of the instruments in existence. There is one that I've discovered that I can have a natural knack to play, and it's a potential that, frankly, is unlimited. It's an instrument that I have the chance to get as fancy with as I wish to be, as good as I want to be.

On the one hand, it has been referred to as the hardest instrument in the world to play, and yet, at the same time, on the other hand, it has been referred to as the instrument that anyone can play and play superbly if they want to badly enough.

It's commonly referred to as, you might be ahead of me here, second fiddle. You ever heard of the instrument? Second fiddle. Some spend a lifetime and never learn to play it, while others put their hand to it and learn how to make beautiful music. It's the one instrument where anyone can be simply as good as they want to be. Second fiddle. All truly, truly great people have learned how to play it to one degree or another. Those who have learned it best have gone on to be the greatest. Those who have never learned to play it have never gone on to true greatness, no matter what their power, their position, their prominence, or their prestige.

I realized long ago that my greatness as a musician will come through playing second fiddle, or it won't come at all. That any greatness will come this way or not at all. And the true greats have always been good at it, and the best have played it best. And you can find this evidence illustrated if you want to dig a little. So let's dig a little. In 1 Samuel 23 is a magnificent, magnificent statement. 1 Samuel 23.

Now I realize that this message has kinship with the two messages I've given, a true friend and the simplicity of service. And that's one reason I'm giving it, because it's in the same gender. It has kinship with those two. In 1 Samuel 23, in the verses 14 through 17, is a magnificent statement. David is on the run. It's getting towards the end of David having to be on the run.

It's getting towards the end of Saul's tenure as king. Of course, Saul is still hunting David. And in verse 14 here, 1 Samuel 23, And David abode in the wilderness and strongholds. And he remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph, and Saul saw him every day unrelenting. But God delivered him, not into his hand. And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life.

You know, so obvious. That said, on killing David, the throne wasn't secure until he did. And David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood. And Jonathan, and as I mentioned in that other sermon, Jonathan always seemed to find a way to reach David, to get to him. They always seemed to find a way to connect. And Jonathan saw a son arose, and he went to David into the wood, and he strengthened his hand in God. Jonathan was a strengthen to David. He was an encouragement.

He gave him heart. And he said to him, notice this statement in verse 17, and there's one specific part of the statement I will focus on. He said to him, don't fear. For the hand of Saul my father shall not find you, and you, you, not me. See, Jonathan was heir apparent. He was the oldest. He was the one in line that when his father Saul was no longer king, he would be king.

That was his destiny. That was the line-up for him. And he knew that. That's another part that makes this so outstanding, all the way through his friendship with David. You shall be king over Israel, not me. You. You shall be king, and I shall be next. I'll be next unto you. What's another word for next? Second. I shall be second. What a magnificent statement. I shall be second. Some of the most beautiful, magnificent, and meaningful words that can or could ever be spoken. David, you will be king. I know it.

And I'll be second. I'll play second fiddle. I'll play second fiddle. You can count on me. See, Jonathan, why don't you think about this for a moment? Jonathan would have made a good king. Jonathan would have made a great king. It's obvious because he was a good-slash-great second fiddle player. And other reasons, too. He accepted second place. He accepted a back-up role. He accepted being part of the support system. That's what he was saying to David. I'll play second fiddle. I'll be part of the support system.

He accepted being, see, with David as king, the highest that Jonathan could be would be second at most. And he accepted being second at best. Jonathan would have made a good king. The account in Scripture shows he was courageous, he was kind, and he was wise. And his focus was not on who he was. I am the king's son. I am his eldest. I am his firstborn. I am heir apparent. You don't pick up on any of that. His focus was not on who he was, but on what he could do, on what he could give, on what he could supply, on what he could benefit through his position, through his time, as we say, through his energy, as we say, through his talent.

And here's another interesting thing. He wasn't removed by God. He wasn't removed from possible kingship due to anything he had done, but because of what his father Saul had done, and he had to pay that price along with, you know, any further descendants down the line also, because Saul's house was not established as a dynasty because of what Saul did, so he simply had to pay that price along with his father because of what his father had done. But it's also interesting to hear his mindset and his attitude, his frame of mind, that accepted his role of being second. He accepted his role, and he looked at David, and he said some of the most simple and yet most striking words of all time.

And again, I substitute the synonym, and therefore next, in the situation, in the context, and I shall be second. David, I will play second fiddle. I accept that. I accept that role. I can live with that. That's a wonderful role to live in. Playing second fiddle in statements like, well, I'll accept that. I can live with that. That's a wonderful role to live in. I say that off of a long time in the ministry of seeing men who would not accept that role, of seeing those, of seeing people, seeing ministry who would not accept that role, will not accept that role. I've seen the reality of the blessings that come when those roles are accepted.

I've seen the curses that have come when that role is not accepted. David made a good king. He made a great king because David may not think of him this way, but he was a great second fiddle player. He put himself second. He played a backup role. He functioned as a support system. He supplied need. He put others first. I want you to think about it. How many men, if they're out there with the sheep in the wilderness, in a wilderness area by themselves, with the sheep, and a bear comes to take from the flock?

A lion comes and takes a sheep. How many men are going to risk life and limb to tackle that bear or that lion? That's a dumb sheep. That's a dumb sheep. That sheep's life isn't worth my life. The whole flock here is not worth my life. I'm out of here. What do you think about that? It takes an unusual person. David put his safety second. He put himself second, even to dumb animals in that sense.

He had a trust, yes. His father was trusting him to take care of the sheep. And obviously, he had to have a deep trust in God. He had a very deep trust in God to physically tackle the bear and to physically tackle the lion. And maybe in David's mind, maybe one of the things that went through his mind was the account of Samson.

How the Spirit of God would come upon Samson, and he would be very mighty, and how he slew a lion. And maybe David and his trust in God. You know, maybe he stepped out in faith. God will give me the power. And obviously, God had to give him power to be able to do what he did. But the mind frame, the frame of mind, the approach, and then raise it to the level of God's sheep. Those were God's sheep, the national sheep.

It was God's national sheep lined on one side of that valley against the Philistines on the other side, and the giant, 9'9", walking down between them and cursing God.

For who is this Philistine that he should... and you know the account, don't you? No. David saw himself second. A couple of interesting things back here. One is in 1 Samuel 18. Now, Saul was conniving. He knew the threat David was.

He wanted to neutralize that threat. He wanted to try to get him killed at the hands of the Philistines to begin with. In 1 Samuel 18, he offers to give his oldest daughter to David for his wife. And you find in 1 Samuel 18, 18, David simply responds this way. David said to Saul, Who am I? What is my life? Are my father's family in Israel that I should be the son-in-law to the king?

It's a statement of humility, which again, playing second fiddle cannot be played without humble fingers. You have to play that instrument with humble fingers, or you can't play it at all. 2 Samuel 7. This is interesting here in 2 Samuel 7. You know, David, God sends Nathan the prophet to David. And in 2 Samuel 7, part of the message, of course, is verse 16 to David through Nathan from God. And your house, your kingdom, shall be established forever before you. Your throne shall be established forever. And so, verse 18, Then went King David in, and he sat before the Lord, and he said, Who am I, O Lord God? And what is my house that you brought me here? He was blown away by gratitude. And again, that comes, and it's very fitting, with the second fiddle player. See, David was a superb second fiddle player. And the greatness of David and Jonathan lay in that. The greatness of their love and their friendship, their respect and their relationship, their rapport and their understanding lay in this. What's the world we live in like? In a world that is so set on number one.

Number one, on numero uno, on being number one. Then, even as it is now today, this was something that was unique. It was something special.

David's commander in chief, the one that was his captain over his entire military, was a nephew by the name of Joab.

And Joab was going to be number one, no matter what. And even when David made changes and put somebody else in charge in his place, if Joab had to kill them to get them out of the way, he would. He was going to be number one. It's an interesting thing. The account of this nephew and his brothers is one of the interesting accounts in the whole account with David. No, then, even as it is now today, in this world, there are so many set on, they've got to be number one. They've got to be recognized as number one.

You know, with David and Jonathan, it was a superb second fiddle player meeting another superb second fiddle player. One master of the second fiddle meeting, another master of the second fiddle, and that was the most common ground for the meeting of the minds that they had. That special meeting of the minds that comes so rarely in a lifetime. Each recognized a specialness. Each recognized a uniqueness. Each recognized a wonder that's hard to find in this world, a world that glorifies number one. And this world does. It glorifies number one. That puts the focus and emphasis on numero uno. And it says, well, number two isn't good enough. Number two isn't good enough. If you come in second, well, you're not a total loser, but you're not a winner either. You're not a winner. In fact, that many times is viewed as, sadly, too much the same as nothing. It's kind of like, I'm trying to remember for sure which coach it was. He's not the only coach that has voiced it. But winning may not be everything, but losing is nothing. And sadly, coming in second, I always think about the Super Bowl. Football. You've got two teams that go in there to play. And each one is trying to win, yes, and they should try to win. They should do it fairly and according to the rules and all of that.

They're both champions. They couldn't be in the Super Bowl if they weren't both champions. But the one that doesn't win, basically, they're not credited with being a champion. I think about the Buffalo Bills. I was not a Buffalo Bills fan, but I have to hand them one thing. No team has ever gone four times in a row to the Super Bowl. They lost them all. But no team has ever gone four years in a row to the Super Bowl and probably never, ever will again. They were champions, but they're just known as, basically, those who couldn't win a Super Bowl.

It's just interesting, the threads, the attitudes, the currents that flow in our society, and how so many of them are very lacking in true spiritual content. See, this stamp on society has been stamped on the same since the dawn of time. And you can date it. You can date it. It dates from the time that Lucifer said, I refuse to be second in anything. I refuse to be second in anything. I refuse. I don't care if he said those exact words, or it was just his actions that spoke the same things.

I refuse to play a back-up role. I refuse to be part of a support system. That's not good enough. I'll either be numero uno, I'll either be number one, I'll either be top dog, I'll be king of the mountain, or I'll be nothing. It's wonderful to have the record written for us where we don't have to guess some of these things and where, with statements I just made, we've got biblical proof and Scripture written in black and white Scripture.

Isaiah 14. That God has inspired a record that in the record itself reaches back into antiquity. In Isaiah 14 and in verse 12, God inspired Isaiah to record, How are you fallen from heaven, O Lucifer? In the Hebrew, O-H-L-L, H-I-L-L-E-L, O-H-L-L. Lucifer's Latin means the same thing. Lightbringer. That tells you what he was supposed to do.

Daystar. He was supposed to shine. He was supposed to take light. He was supposed to give light. He was supposed to convey light. He was supposed to reflect light. His name tells you what, in one sense, his purpose was to convey God's truth and God's way. How are you fallen from heaven, O Lucifer? Son of the morning. How are you cut down to the ground, which did weaken the nations? You have said, for you have said in your heart, in your heart, in your mind, in your motives, in your motivation, this is what you thought and did and wanted to do and tried to do.

I will ascend into heaven. I will exalt my throne. Won't you stop for a moment? My throne? Where did he get his throne? God gave it to him. He had a throne. In future times, angels will not be given thrones, but there was a time when they were. There's a whole history, and there's enough recorded in Scripture for us to connect the dots. He was given a throne to be supportive, to carry out plans of God, to facilitate things, but guess what? Again, that's not good enough.

I won't be second in anything. I won't have a lesser throne. I won't play back up. I won't play support role. I'm either going to be king of the mountain or nothing. I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. It's not just above the physical stars of God, not just above the physical universe we see out there, but also the angelic stars. I'll be above Michael. I'll be above Gabriel. I'll be above all of God's angels. I mean, it's going to be above all of it.

I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation in the sides of the north. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds. I will be, of course, in the King James it reads, I will be like the most high. It's better rendered. I will be the most high. Now, you can say he was insane, and I will agree he was insane. That's the highest form of insanity to think you can remove God from his throne and take it and sit there.

But again, it goes back to the fact that he's not willing to play second fiddle whatsoever. It's just not going to be. It's either going to be the whole enchilada, as they say, or it's going to be nothing. And guess what? He is nothing. He is coming to nothing. And all of his doings are going to go up in smoke some day.

We read on verses 15 through 20. 15, Yet you shall be brought down to hell, to the grave, to the sides of the pit. They that see you shall narrowly look upon you, and consider you, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble? The being that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms? That made the world as wilderness, destroyed the cities thereof, that opened not the house of his prisoners? All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lying glory, everyone in his own house. Of course, there's an analogy-type statement being done here, too, paralleling.

There's human instrumentality, but also there's an analogy-type presentation being made here. But you are cast out of your grave like an abominable branch, and as the ramen of those that are slain thrust through with the sword, that go down to the stones of the pit, as a carcass trodden under foot, you shall not be joined with him in burial, because you have destroyed your land and slain your people, the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.

All his works will eventually turn, go up into, smoke and ashes, to nothing, to extinction. And yet, in the meantime, he has left his indelible stamp, his indelible mark, on society, on this world, in many forms, many, many forms, but probably none more than in the form of that pushing, pounding, pulsating desire to be number one, numero uno, to the point that there are so many who can't, if they can't be first in everything, if they can't be first in this and first in that and first in everything, they feel like they're nothing, nothing. They're so driven by that. And yet, also at the same time, when it's not in the classic sense, it is so insidious in how it works into our thinking and our operations many times. And those that are really dead set on it, nothing else will do. But even the insidious ways that that has been worked in, it's through this that the battle of the sexes has been founded. You know, you'll hear jokes about the battle of the sexes. You'll hear sometimes talkings and conversations about the battle of the sexes because we know that through man's history there has been, quote, the battle of the sexes going on. It's through this that male and female have been more in a competition than a complementation down through the ages. When God created Adam and Eve, He met them to complement each other. He met them to work together. The man would be the head, yes, but they were to work together in conjunction, in unity, in harmony. They were both to be spiritual heirs of God. They would have the same spiritual potential, but they would work in certain roles of male and female together. Do you see any battle of the sexes today in society? It's all around us. It's all around us. And it's another reason why there's so many divorces. Not the only reason, but it's a major reason why there are so many. It's through this that God's beautiful design, and what He designed for male and female in marriage, is beautiful. It's beautiful. And that beauty, that design, has been junked and trashed, along with the marriage, of course, because of this whole thing about, I'm not playing second fiddle. A husband who says, I'm not playing second fiddle. I'm the head, and I'm not playing second fiddle. And a wife saying, well, yeah, I guess I'm supposed to submit, but I'm not playing second fiddle. Now, God designed a wondrous structure. You can find it if you want to read it sometime. It's laid out quite specifically in Ephesians 5, and we've got that incorporated in our marriage ceremony, as well as other places. But what we find is that all too often, many interpret that layout that is in Ephesians 5 the way they want to. They do it subjectively, not objectively, primarily to give themselves credence to do what they want to do. And a lot of times that is so they don't have to play second fiddle.

And it fails because there is a key Scripture in this design in Ephesians 5. There is a key. You can put an asterisk beside it, or a star. There is a key Scripture in this design. And I use this because in human affairs, in human relationships, one of the most common relationships, and certainly there's no closer relationship than the relationship of marriage. But there is a key Scripture in this design that is so often overlooked by each, and sometimes both. It's the keystone. It's what this whole structure hinges on. It's what this whole structure turns upon. It's the reason why some marriages can be and are good, even when God's Spirit is not a present ingredient in the matter. I mean, I've known people who are not called, who have wonderful marriages, and they actually practice this key Scripture. And conversely and ironically, it's also why some marriages, even where God's Holy Spirit is an ingredient, or supposedly so anyway, fail. So let's turn to Ephesians 5 and look at this key Scripture because it has to do with playing second fiddle. And if you want to become a great second fiddle player, you don't just pick and choose, well, sometimes I'll play second fiddle, and sometimes I won't. This is a second fiddle verse. It's playing second fiddle. See, when people start looking at the marriage instruction to husbands and wives in this chapter, they don't start with verse 21 because they don't realize this is the keystone Scripture. This is foundational for the marriage instructions. This is the preface. This is the prelude. This is the lead-in. This is what is to be established first. And because of the way it's worded, it incorporates husbands and wives. It is a playing second fiddle Scripture. Notice, submitting yourselves one to another. Think about that. Let's read it again. Submitting yourselves one to another. Husbands, wives, submit yourselves one to another. Well, wait a minute. I'm the husband. I'm the head. I'm not supposed to submit. Well, do you understand what the marriage is all about? The wife might say, well, I know I'm supposed to because it's part of the instruction to submit. But how does that apply to the husband or the husband? How does that apply to me? Well, first of all, let's just take it at face value first. We acknowledge that he says submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God and immediately lunches into specific instructions regarding marriage.

This is a playing second fiddle verse that applies to husbands and wives. Playing second fiddle, this is what a real good marriage hinges on.

See, there's nothing wrong with the structure that you'll read here. There's nothing wrong with the design. It's beautiful. It's by God's own personal attention and design. But what makes it work, really work, is the key that God inserted, the key here, verse 21, that's a second fiddle. What does it mean, submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God? It means each. It means the husband supplying, supporting, attending to the needs of the wife. That's emotionally, mentally, physically, sexually. Submitting to her needs, being attuned to all of that. It means the wife, the wife supplying, supporting, attending to the needs of her husband, emotionally, mentally, physically, sexually, being attuned to all of that. The point being that each is willing to play second fiddle. If a husband and a wife, if a decision has to be made, if a decision has to be made that's going to affect them, it could be a decision about something to buy. It could be a decision about something that they're thinking about doing or how they go about doing something.

And so they sit down and they talk about it.

And the wife has a better idea than the husband, but he's not a second fiddle player. And so in his mind, he thinks, she's got a better idea than I do. That's a better way to do it than I was thinking about doing it. But I can't go along with her idea because I'm the husband ahead. Her idea will work better. We do it the way I was thinking about doing. It'll be more expensive, more costly. She's definitely got a better idea, but I can't go with that because she's supposed to be similar. She's committed to me, and I've got to protect my headship.

Okay, honey, we're going to do it the way I think is best. He's not playing second fiddle. He is being numero uno. He's being number one. But if he says, dear, I'm glad we had this discussion because I hadn't thought of that. That's a good idea. You've hit the nail right on the head. The way you think we're going to do it, you know, hey, I can see. That's the way to do it. So my decision is... See, he's still ahead. He's still making the final decision. My decision is we're going to do it the way that you want it done because that's the best way to do it. He's playing second fiddle. He's not lost anything. He's only gained. And God sitting there, looking down, is smiling real big and saying, atta boy. That's the way to do it. That's the way to do it. Playing second fiddle. Playing second fiddle. It keeps you tuned up. It keeps you tuned to the needs. You know, finding a marriage where one of the two is playing second fiddle, it's not that common anymore. Finding a marriage where both play second fiddle, that's very rare. But when you do, you find a good marriage. Maybe a great marriage. It's interesting. Satan has no desire to play second fiddle. He never did have. And what an irony. Because you watch any musician on any instrument at any concert, YouTube, whatever. You listen to any singer. I don't care if they've got talent like Whitney Houston or Elvis or whoever. They can't match the greatest musician that God ever created. Go with me to Ezekiel 28, please.

We don't maybe just naturally normally stop to think of Lucifer as a super angel. But he was. And he is. He's a fallen super angel. Why, he's such a, quote, super devil. Lucifer was created with beautiful, complete musical ability. In Ezekiel 28 and verse 13, speaking to Lucifer here, You have been and eaten the Garden of God. Every precious stone was your covering. The sardius, topaz, the diamond, the barrel, the onyx, and the jasper and sapphire, the emerald and the carbonclo and the gold. You think about someone decked out in all these jewels as their clothing.

What? Flashes of color and light and absolutely beauty. The workmanship of your tabrais and of your pipes.

Somebody will listen to a beautiful singer, and they'll say, Wow, what a set of pipes they have. Talking about the voice, the talent, the ability. What's prepared in you in the day that you were created? And if I were to back up to verse 12, the last statement, You sum up. You seal up the sum. You sum up. Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. In a sense, we could correctly say, Lucifer could play anything, but he absolutely refused to play one particular instrument, and the most crucial and important one of all, second fiddle. He refused to play it. It had to be number one or nothing, and he had stamped that trademark on everything and everyone that he could and can. And you know when Christ chose twelve men, and he trained those men, he knew they had been infiltrated with the same spirit and air and attitude. There are arguments.

Again, there are arguments about who was the greatest, and who was going to be the greatest in his kingdom. There are arguments that gave ample evidence of that. And Christ had to defuse it. He had to turn them. He had to retool them. And in time, through the Holy Spirit, he did. You know, defusing it, turning us, retooling us was and is an ongoing need.

Paul admonished Timothy to be on the lookout. I'm going to go to 1 Timothy 3 and verse 6. 1 Timothy 3 and verse 6. Paul admonished Timothy to be on the lookout for this type of thing, when even considering or deigning anyone to office, be it deacon, elder, whatever the office. Because he says this in 1 Timothy 3 and verse 6. He says, Not one newly come to the faith, not a novice. And as it can be rendered in the Greek, Not one newly come to the faith.

When Christ chose the twelve, they were newly come, so to speak. And they weren't ready for office. They had to be worked with. They had to be worked with and worked with. And with all that was planted into their thinking, and then with the addition of the Holy Spirit, later it all came together. And they were ready for the office. He says, Not a novice, not one newly come to the faith, lest being lifted up with pride, with pride, he fall into the condemnation of the devil. Because obviously, lifted up with pride, you're not going to play second fiddle. You're not going to be second. You're not going to have that attitude of being second, playing second fiddle. It's so easy to fall into that trap, this snare. And for one that is caught up in such, that hasn't really fully come out of that sufficiently, the office would be a detriment, both to the one that is elevated and to those that are to be served. For the one recently freed and delivered from such, it might bring it back. The chance is too great to take. That's why Paul says what he does about not going with a novice in terms of those ordinations. See, all that was true in Paul's day, even as it is still in our day, but for one who has truly learned to play second fiddle, guess what? It's not a detriment. It's not a detriment to put them in office or to leave them out. Here's the thing. Either way, put them in office, you know, where they're willing to play second fiddle, either way, in office or not in office. It doesn't matter in regards to detriment or destruction, because in, if they're put in, they play second fiddle. If they're left out, they still play second fiddle. In, they support and they supply. Out, they support and they supply. Simply stated, they play second fiddle regardless, because that's what counts. That's what matters. That's the true value. That's the real value. That's the lasting value. And it's realized. And there is all the room in the universe for all the numbers that could possibly be numbered. Space has not, never has been, never will be a problem or concern. Eternity is infinity. Limitless, unlined, unlimited, unbound. Space is never an issue. Spaces are never an issue. They're unnumbered. The count is never the concern with God. It's who you can count on that is. Who you can count on. And only, only, only, second fiddle players will be there. You know, folks, there are realities. One of the reasons God does it this way of taking us through the root of being flesh and blood is because there are certain spiritual realities that have to be addressed and be in place properly for us to go on and enter into eternity. Second fiddle playing is crucial. David made a good king. He was an excellent second fiddle player. Jonathan would have made a good king. He was a superb second fiddle player. I plan to make a good king. It's my God-given destiny, and it's yours, too. Final Scripture, Revelation 5.10. It's my destiny. It's your destiny, also. It's our destiny, Revelation 5.10. It has made us unto our God kings and priests, and we shall reign or rule on the earth. And it hinges on being willing to learn, to like, to love, plaguing second fiddle.

You folks will have to excuse me now. It's time to go practice my music.