I’m still spending time with Isaiah 61.

2 To proclaim the favorable year of the LORD And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all who mourn,
via Is 61 – Passage Lookup – New American Standard Bible – BibleGateway.com.

I am receiving direction and counsel from this verse I think about just what is my message. Just what is it that I as a Servant (a handmaiden, if you will) of God am supposed to proclaim?
What does it mean to proclaim the favorable year of the LORD?
What does it mean to proclaim the day of vengeance of my God?
And who are the ones who mourn?
And what is this comfort for them?

At Luke 4:19 and 20 JESUS quoted these very verses from Isaiah.
By faith our JESUS knew He was The Anointed One.
Further He said:

21 And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”
via Luke 4 – Passage Lookup – New American Standard Bible – BibleGateway.com.

He knew He was the favor of God to man, the Salvation of God made flesh and bone. That He was that flesh and bone!  Can you imagine as a child (before the age of 12 even) reading that passage in Isaiah and knowing by faith that He was The Anointed One?!  Oh I hope there is heavenly video of that moment. I want to see it! By I’m off point here.

He proclaimed He was The Anointed One and that in Him we could receive the Favor of God the Father.

And I get to proclaim that too. So do you.

He proclaimed a day of judgment. He proclaimed there was eternal hell for those who refuse the Salvation of the LORD.

I am commanded to proclaim that too. So are you.

This I know: proclaiming the favor of God is much more pleasing to proclaim than the vengeance of God. Yet if people are to mourn and be comforted they must hear the whole proclamation. And when they hear and they believe and they mourn and they receive, they are comforted!

3 To grant those who mourn in Zion, Giving them a garland instead of ashes, The oil of gladness instead of mourning, The mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified. via Is 61 – Passage Lookup – New American Standard Bible – BibleGateway.com.

But it’s not just any old mourning that will do. That ‘oh woe is me’, ‘poor, pitiful me, don’t you feel sorry for me?’  No. Not that kind of mourning.

This kind of mourning: To grant those who mourn in Zion

To mourn in Zion. To come to JESUS and JESUS alone with your grief that you are a sinner and worthy of the vengeance of God and know that in HIM alone will you be comforted.

And glory of glories, I get to experience this and then proclaim it!  And so do you!

Are you just shaking your head in amazement? Me too.

ABBA, again my prayer is HOLY SPIRIT in JESUS Name keep plowing the soil of my heart and planting this Precious Seed until it brings the harvest in me and through me that You desire.
Thank You, thank You for Willow Grace’s safe arrival. I pray for healthy growth for her in mind, soul and body. I pray for health and recovery for Misty and for Allison to be made whole with this surgery. Thank You for these dear people and all that You are doing for them and through them. And Kerri and Dylan, special and dear, You know my heart for them; I just want all to be well with them. And I am thinking of all the others and calling their names to You. Thank You for allowing me to be a part of what You are doing for them and those specific unspoken(s), and Israel and America and local Churches and the dire need we have to repent and set our hearts and our mouths, hands and feet and resources to proclaiming to and rescuing people in JESUS name. There is so much I don’t understand; so much I cannot see; but I am rejoicing that You are revealing step by step. Amen and amen.

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Blessed to be one of the LORD’s handmaidens,
Kathie