Ezekiel 3:4-11 NIV
[4] 4 He then said to me: “Son of man, go now to the people of Israel and speak my words to them. [5] You are not being sent to a people of obscure speech and strange language, but to the people of Israel--- [6] not to many peoples of obscure speech and strange language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you. [7] But the people of Israel are not willing to listen to you because they are not willing to listen to me, for all the Israelites are hardened and obstinate. [8] But I will make you as unyielding and hardened as they are. [9] I will make your forehead like the hardest stone, harder than flint. Do not be afraid of them or terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people. ” [10] And he said to me, “Son of man, listen carefully and take to heart all the words I speak to you. [11] Go now to your people in exile and speak to them. Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says ,’ whether they listen or fail to listen .”
God has placed us in the country that we live in, He has placed us where He wants us to be, and our task is the same as Ezekiel, to go and speak the Word of God to our own people. These people speak the same language, the same dialect, the same idiom as ourselves. So why is it so difficult to get through to them? It is simple, they are actually unwilling to hear what God has to say to them, in fact people naturally, due to sinful natures do not want to hear God out!
What is the solution, we who are His servants by grace, have to become as equally persevering in our efforts to communicate the Word as the world is stubbornly resisting God's Word!
Our part is to not give up trying, the Lord will do His part, only He can break down a lost sinners stubborn heart to the point that they can hear Him speak. We must go and do as we have been told and must leave the results to our Lord.
