Isaiah 61:3 NKJV
3 To console those who mourn in Zion, To give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they may be called trees of righteousness, The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.”
God’s promises are never random. Every word He spoke through the prophets was pointing forward to Jesus—the fulfillment of everything God intended to do in and through His people. Isaiah 61 is one of those promises. Jesus didn’t just know this prophecy—He was the prophecy.
Jesus knew the prophecies about Himself … He is the Word that became flesh and dwelt among them, right? Therefore, He was only prophesying the Word of God.
That’s why He felt confident to say that those who mourn will be comforted, because He Himself will bring us comfort, so that we can comfort others with the same comfort that we ourselves have been comforted with (2 Corinthians 1:4).
Jesus doesn’t speak empty promises. He speaks the Word—because He is the Word. What He declared in Isaiah, He fulfilled in Himself. So when He says you’ll be comforted, believe Him. That comfort isn’t distant—it’s personal, alive, and here now.
Peace. Love. Go Forth and Mourn.