PLANTING OF THE LORD

Isaiah 61:1-4
Trees are not transit they are established permanently. They become a part of the earth where they are planted. They will do one or the other, “thrive and survive” or they will “wilt and die.” Their survival comes from daily resources of which they draw from. They draw from the storms and the sunny days, they draw from the soil and the wind that blows, they need it all to grow.
Isaiah describes those who are anointed as the planting of the Lord as trees of righteousness; he describes the anointed as those who are appointed. Therefore, it can be said, that we are anointed and appointed with a purpose in mind. We are appointed to those that mourn to those who are lamenting and living their lives in regret.
Regret is a sense of loss and longing for someone or something gone; regret can be a feeling of disappointment or distress about something that one wish could be different. In our text it is a reference to those in Israel lamenting the loss of their homeland and with it a loss of their identity and sense of belonging.
Their condition was self-afflicted they brought it upon themselves; nonetheless, their mourning was very real, they had become a very regretful people wishing that things were different.
Regret can leave one with the feelings of abandonment, discouragement, and even bitterness. These feelings become so deep that it blinds the mind of seeing any hope or encouragement, everything in life is laced with this negative view of things.
The anointed of the Lord are to build up the waste places, raise up the desolate, repair the waste cities, heal the desolations of the generations devastated by their self-afflictions.
This will take commitment, deep consideration and understanding of the twisted. The anointing is a power that unveils truth in the midst of lies, disfigurement, and convoluted distress. The anointed must be untwisted themselves that they may untwisted the twisted.
Jesus said, “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me…” (Acts1:8).