I am Second

Back in 2003 Switchfoot released an album titled "The Beautiful Letdown". If I am not mistaked it sold over 1 million copies. The album is incredible. Towards the end of the album is a song called "24" Below are the lyrics:

Twenty four oceans
Twenty four skies
Twenty four failures
Twenty four tries
Twenty four finds me
In twenty-fourth place
Twenty four drop outs
At the end of the day
Life is not what I thought it was
Twenty four hours ago

Still I'm singing Spirit take me up in arms with You
And I'm not who I thought I was twenty four hours ago
Still I'm singing Spirit take me up in arms with You

Twenty four reasons to admit that I'm wrong
With all my excuses still twenty four strong

See I'm not copping out not copping out not copping out
When You're raising the dead in me
Oh, oh I am the second man
Oh, oh I am the second man now
Oh, oh I am the second man now

And You're raising these twenty four voices
With twenty four hearts
With all of my symphonies
In twenty four parts
But I want to be one today
Centered and true

I'm singing Spirit take me up in arms with You
You're raising the dead in me
Oh, oh I am the second man
Oh, oh I am the second man now
Oh, oh I am the second man now
And You're raising the dead in me

I want to see miracles, see the world change
Wrestled the angel, for more than a name
For more than a feeling
For more than a cause
I'm singing Spirit take me up in arms with You
And You're raising the dead in me
Twenty four voices
With twenty four hearts
With all of my symphonies
In twenty four parts.
I'm not copping out. Not copping out. Not copping out.

The lyrics "I am the second man" always intrigued. I remember asking roomates and friends in college what they thought it meant. The consensus is that Jesus is first man. The one we should strive to be like. He is the ultimate and if possible, we are a very distant second. For Switchfoot to write that they are second is a humbling thing. It is only in humility that one can say, "I am not number 1. I am not the best. I am second."

My wife told me about a website called www.iamsecond.com. I thought that it might have been a Switchfoot fan devoting a sight to them. I was wrong. iamsecond.com is a website that has people sharing their testimony of how Jesus has impacted their life. People both young and old, black and white, male and female are on this sight. Their stories range from helping bring water to the Sudan, to overcoming drug addiction. It is a really great sight. The message of the sight is that everybody is second and Jesus is first. Whoever put this sight together may or may not have heard the Switchfoot lyrics, but in any case both the song and this sight are true: Jesus is the number 1 man.

Be sure to check http://www.iamsecond.com