Newt Gingrich Devotional: I Am Not Second

Editor’s Note: Newt Gingrich is our guest devotional writer.

Focal Passage: Luke 9: 51— “And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem.”

You can slice and dice the Florida Republican Primary returns any way you like. You can compare the white suburban evangelical vote to the urban Latino turnout. You can go count up all the alligators in the Everglades if you care to. You can add it all up, double it and then divide by two. But in every single category that matters, except the actual vote tally, it was Newt Gingrich who came out the winner, not Mitt Romney.

There are “Lies, damned lies, and statistics” as the adage goes, and the media jackals want you to imagine the absurdity that I lost the primary. I’ve said I’m in it to win it, and I haven’t changed my motto. They need to step back, take a breath and see the big picture.

It reminds me of Our Lord, who set his face like flint to go to Jerusalem, knowing full well what dangers awaited him there. Tampa, the site of the Republican Convention, is at least as terrifying as that ancient nest of Pharisaical vipers. But the people are with me. Whole bunches of people. Scores of people.

Hopefully they’ll stick with me, unlike the disciples of Jesus. Together we have a chance. Worst case scenario– we all get crucified together.