God chooses to need us–but sometimes we’re “stiff-necked”

Is your neck stiff? This image is used several times in the Old Testament. We are told, for example, to “speak not with a stiff neck” (KJ Ps. 75:5). In Hebrew, this can refer to the stubbornness and churlishness of the human heart. When we are resisting, our neck stiffens. Throwing our head back, chin up, we dig in our heels and refuse whatever is coming at us. As the Lord said so often to… Continue reading →