Today marks a milestone in my website blog. This devotion is a repost of perhaps my all-time personal favorite one and marks my 2,000th devotion! When I started my daily devotional website back in June 2020, I never dreamed that 5 ½ years later I would be posting my 2,000th devotion. But with the Lord’s help this ministry, which has been a labor of pure joy, has, I pray, blessed you my readers, in some small way, and helped you fall more in love with the Bible and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
For those of you who have been following my blog for a while, or have recently started reading my posts, I would love to hear how my devotions have helped you in your walk with Jesus. Along my journey posting daily devotions, I have made many friends from the internet, many of whom, I now pray for daily. Please drop me an email with your comments, suggestions for improvements, and future devotional topics you might like to see, and your prayer requests. My email is curt717@yahoo.com. If you have read this devotion before, I pray it reminds you of how precious a jewel we have in the Holy Bible and how it all points to our Lord and Savior – Jesus Christ. And if you haven’t read it before, may it get you more excited to read, study, and meditate daily on the Scriptures and fall more in love with Jesus.
And please keep me in your prayers as I look forward to posting my next 1,000 devotions! I hope you enjoy the devotion!
There is more action, adventure, romance, intrigue, wisdom, life and inspiration in this one volume, the Holy Bible, than in any other book ever written. It is a breathtaking, panoramic saga of kings, empires and dynasties, vividly described in the rich, full texture of an ancient world setting. Great wealth and splendor are continuously contrasted with the everyday life and affairs of the common man.
The forty-plus authors, although spanning a period of 1,500 years, remarkably manage to connect all sixty-six books into a trilling tale of man and his quest for meaning. Layer upon layer of man’s intensely complex personality and emotions are laid bare before us, as the reader is given the most in-depth exploration into the very essence of our human nature.
Stories that many of us have heard about all of our lives, but perhaps have never read, provide the backdrop for the examination of our human condition. Adam and Eve, Cain and Able, Noah’s ark, Samson and Delilah, the tower of Babel, David and Goliath, the Ten Commandments, Jonah and the whale, Moses and the parting of the Red Sea, Daniel and the lion’s den, the three wise men, Jesus born in a manger, the crucifixion of Jesus and His coming back to life, and many more, become alive to us as we begin to explore our Bibles.
Most books present their readers with a theme, some story information, perhaps entertainment, and a conclusion. These books are read, but after a while fade into our distant memories. But the Bible is not called the “book of books” for nothing. It is totally multidimensional in its scope. It’s a mirror. As we read it, we constantly see ourselves reflected in the lives of the biblical characters. It’s a treasure hunt. As we travel through its pages, we are guaranteed to find nuggets of wisdom of incomparable value.
(Proverbs 3:13-15) declares:
“How blessed is the man who finds wisdom
And the man who gains understanding.
For her profit is better than the profit of silver
And her gain better than fine gold.
She is more precious than jewels;
And nothing you desire compares with her.”
The Bible is history. As we have already seen in several prior devotions, the Bible is a first-rate history book that promises to send any history buff into a state of sheer ecstasy. The Bible is full of poetry. The Book of Psalms is world-renowned for its literary style and excellence of composition. It’s philosophy. The Holy Scriptures have more to say about human nature and what life is all about than Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, Confucius and Freud combined. It’s science. Once again not only does the Bible talk authoritatively on many areas in the scientific realm, but it has been the indispensable mentor of many of the greatest scientific men of all time.
It’s inspirational. Jesus’ teachings on the Sermon on the Mount, the Psalms, the Ten Commandments and the continuous love of God for mankind have down through the centuries been the pillars on which millions have anchored their faith. No book can generate more comfort, encouragement and purpose for life than the Bible. So many great masterpieces of art, literature, music and film have been created by people touched with the message of God that our world would be deprived of much of its very heart and soul if it were deprived of this one book.
Its message is powerful! (Hebrews 4:12) boldly proclaims:
“For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”
Winkie Pratney rightly stated:
“You know, many of the Eastern thought forms use Scripture. That’s because the book is so powerful – you can’t ignore it. If you don’t use it, you can’t capture people’s hearts. God has built life into His Word, and all the strong cults rip it off – steal bites out of the Bible and use it…Just the fact that pieces taken out of context are powerful enough to draw men’s hearts should tell you what the whole Word, used under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit can do!”1
Finally, the Bible is ultra-controversial! No book has caused more people to be burned at the stake, brought before firing squads, sent to prison, beheaded, stoned, sawn in two, subjected to scourging, mocked and made a spectacle of than the Bible. It’s hard to believe how one “dull old book” can rile people up to such states of hatred and murder.
My friends, the genius behind this collection of sixty-six books is without rival on planet Earth. Imagine: all of the above themes, and the chance to find peace, joy and meaning in our lives, not to mention eternal life, are all wrapped up in this one volume! Why not pick up a copy of the Bible today? You just may find yourself embarking on a scenic tour into a world you never dreamed could exist.
1 “The Holy Bible-Wholly True” by Winkie Pratney. Copyright 1979, 1984. Last Days Ministries.
Curt’s Page One to Post Two Thousand, Bible Apologetics…
from “The Protocol of Discernment”, Neveu’s 4-inch Beam series.
Mr. Blattman, reprinting your first devotional at #2,000 is the kind of full circle pro move that makes a person stop scrolling and actually think.
You opened with the Bible as “the reading experience of a lifetime”, and you weren’t selling fireworks. You were naming a reality: this Book has plot, blood, love, betrayal, wisdom, and the awkward miracle that it somehow keeps telling the truth about humans without asking permission first.
You point to what most people avoid: Scripture isn’t just “inspiring” like a wall poster. It’s alive.
Wisdom is “more precious than jewels” (Prov. 3:13–15), and the Word is “living and active” (Heb. 4:12).
Meaning: it doesn’t just inform you. It inspects you. It’s the only library where the Author walks the aisles and reads the reader back.
And that’s why it’s unique, controversial, divinely inspired…as you have often pointed out to us over the 2,000 posts. Dead books don’t get banned. Dead words don’t spark repentance. The Bible doesn’t merely comfort the comfortable; it bothers the proud, steadies the shaken, and hands the hungry a real meal instead of religious confetti.
The Bible isn’t a book you “get through.” It’s a fire you stay near long enough to be changed.
God’s Word will either reshape your heart or expose your excuses.
Thank you so much, Curt.
Completely agree with Curt’s devotional and the excellent response (above) from another reader. Thanks, Curt, for faithfully and daily reminding us of what truly matters — helping us separate wheat from chaff in our lives. You help us daily to choose the right road, the narrow road, that leads to joy. Blessings to you this Advent season!
Curt, congratulations on your 2,000th devotional!! That is really remarkable, something I could never do.
Thank you for your ministry and faithfulness of writing daily devotionals. You have a way of writing that brings excitement to actually wanting to read the Bible faithfully each day. Thanks for your gift of writing and for your gift of encouragement.
Yes, keep writing–onto 3,000!!!!
Congrats Curt!
Congratulations on devotion 2000. Not many people can say that.
I read thousands of words every week but the topics are all of my choosing, whereas, your devotions are random topics that provide me a variety instead of getting stuck in a rut of my habits. The Lord uses that variety to talk to me in ways I wouldn’t normally look for.
As a senior, I think often of the legacy I will leave. Assets will eventually be spent but words are permanent. So, years ago, I started a notebook in Evernote titled Inspirational Quotes. When I read, if a sentence or two resonate with me, I will copy and paste into my notebook. Many of these quotes are from Bible Apologetics devotions. I also have notebooks for playlists of favorite songs and poetry that I wrote or enjoy. Someday, my voice will be silenced but I want my grandkids, their kids and so on to know me for more than a DNA donor. The quotes, the music and poems will be my way of saying who I was and what I valued, my legacy.
So, how do I perpetuate this legacy to future generations? Here’s a suggestion: you can have a QR code as part of a headstone or plaque. When read by a smartphone, it can lead to digital files of all your favorites, giving your family a treasured resource that you chose to share from your heart to theirs.
But before that time comes, I highly recommend creating a quote notebook that you can spend a Sabbath rest, reading through your list and being inspired and encouraged as you start a new week. I try to memorize one or two and it’s amazing how many times I’ve shared in conversations where the words are so fitting, like apples of gold.
Building my repertoire was made easier because of Curt’s devotions. Looking forward to the next 2000. My legacy is going to be made richer because of your quotes.
Thank you. May God keep you motivated for years to come.
Curt, I’m so glad to see that you continue to serve the Lord with fervor and the wisdom with which He has equipped you. I’m also glad to know that He doesn’t put us out to pasture:
Romans 5:3–5 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,
4and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,
5and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.