{"id":6156,"date":"2018-03-05T06:00:26","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T14:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devonline.us\/daily-e-votional\/?p=6156"},"modified":"2018-03-05T11:58:27","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T19:58:27","slug":"a-stiff-neck-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/a-stiff-neck-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A STIFF NECK!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Psalm 75:5<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #c40000;\"><em>\u201c<\/em><em>Do not lift up your horn on high;\u00a0do\u00a0not\u00a0speak with a stiff neck.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What an unusual phrase:\u00a0<strong><em>\u201ca stiff neck.<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>In the New American Standard it is rendered\u00a0<strong><em>\u201can insolent pride.<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>\u201d<\/em><\/strong><em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>It may either be given as a word picture, while it may also serve more as a definition.<\/p>\n<p>One of the places we see the picture of insolent pride displayed is during sporting events.\u00a0 Not always, but frequently we observe athletes with outstretched necks parading back and forth like proud peacocks.\u00a0 It has become common enough that penalties are often assessed because it is described as taunting.<\/p>\n<p>But that is nothing compared to the picture of those arrogant boasters who, in their pride, stand opposed to God.\u00a0 These people may claim to be wise, but wisdom is in their own eyes and God will have the last word. Oh, how much better it would be if they would turn from their arrogance and honor God.<\/p>\n<p>Let me close with a favorite passage found in Proverbs 3:5-6, which is the clearest way to steer clear of having an outstretched neck:\u00a0<em><strong>\u201cTrust in the LORD<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<em><strong>with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211; Pastor Cecil<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psalm 75:5 \u201cDo not lift up your horn on high;\u00a0do\u00a0not\u00a0speak with a stiff neck.\u201d What an unusual phrase:\u00a0\u201ca stiff neck.\u201d\u00a0In the New American Standard it is rendered\u00a0\u201can insolent pride.\u201d\u00a0It may either be given as a word picture, while it may also serve more as a definition. One of the places we see the picture of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-psalm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6156\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}