The Lord Said: "You Will Feel Helpless..."

 Ezekiel 3:22 And the hand of the Lord was upon me there. And he said to me, “Arise, go out into the valley, and there I will speak with you.” 23 So I arose and went out into the valley, and behold, the glory of the Lord stood there, like the glory that I had seen by the Chebar canal, and I fell on my face. 24 But the Spirit entered into me and set me on my feet, and he spoke with me and said to me, “Go, shut yourself within your house. 25 And you, O son of man, behold, cords will be placed upon you, and you shall be bound with them, so that you cannot go out among the people.

Like Jeremiah, Ezekiel would find himself speaking to a stubborn, rebellious people. He would be filled with the Spirit and the words of the Lord, but when he would speak, he would feel like his words felt empty, as ineffective as if his tongue was stuck to the roof of his mouth.  The Spirit went on to tell him he would speak, and there would be those who would listen, as few as they may be.  He was to simply say what he was instructed to and when, as he was given liberty.  So should we.