Deuteronomy 9:13 And the Lord said to me, I have seen this people, and they are a stiff-necked people indeed! NIV
Well, when the Lord says that people are stiff-necked, it means they are stubborn, which suits me to a tee! Of late, I have had a stiff neck and after prayerful contemplation, I ended up in the doctor's office. I thought something worse was going on, and the doctor reassured me that it wasn't what I thought.
What he told me was that I was pushing myself too hard and I also let stress get the best of me! That caused the pinched nerve, etc. to become aggravated. His diagnosis was right on the money! I had been pushing myself pretty hard over the last couple of months. I didn't listen to the warning signs that Christ gives me that it was affecting my body.
That's where the stiff-necked, stubborn part comes into play. I am so stubborn that even when I have warning signs, I still think I can accomplish whatever I'm doing despite the warnings by body gives me! Not only is it stubborn, but it's prideful, because I'm disregarding Christ's lead in my life, thinking because I have determined I can do something, that it will happen. Often, that stubborn, stiff-necked pride comes at a cost...a pain in the neck, and weeks of regretting the damage I did to my body!
