The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon... and he brought him to Jesus" (John 1: 41-42).

We do not know Andrew very well - his brother Peter gets most of the attention - but we ought to know him. We see a Peter only occasionally in a lifetime, but we see the Andrews every day. Andrews are grocers, mechanics, policemen, firemen, postmen and other walks of life.

Every church, school and civic organisation has its leaders, but behind the scenes are those who do much of the work and never get the credit. Andrew was an ordinary man, but think of what he did for his Lord. He brought a member of his own family to Christ. There would have been no eloquent Peter at Pentecost had there been no humble Andrew at Bethsaida. It often takes more courage to witness before your own family than it does to strangers.

Andrew probably never preached a sermon, but I believe we can say he lived a better sermon than most preachers will ever preach. Andrew never wrote an epistle, but he was a living epistle. Andrew never performed a miracle, but his life was a miracle of God.

In the second picture of Andrew we see him on the hill-side over looking the Sea of Galilee. How do you suppose Andrew knew about the boy with his sandwiches lunch? Five thousand were fed with twelve baskets of the broken pieces from the meal left over. Had there been no Andrew on the spot what would have been the end of the story? In John 12 we read that Andrew brought members of another race to Jesus. Jesus was stirred with joy as he saw the Greeks coming.

To conclude. Andrew was an ordinary man with extraordinary qualities. He did not care who got the credit as long as the work was done. Second fiddle is the most difficult part to play in the orchestra of life.

This week's thought: You can't read by someone else's light.