Isaiah 62

1 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,
and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not be quiet,
until her righteousness goes forth as brightness,
and her salvation as a burning torch.

Words are connected to action for God (i.e. creation). God acts by speaking. When God says He will not keep silent, it means He intends to act. It is a promise for me, that God intends to act on my behalf and on my church's behalf, on Israel's behalf and on this world's behalf. The object of God's action is my righteousness and salvation.

2 The nations shall see your righteousness,
and all the kings your glory,
and you shall be called by a new name
that the mouth of the LORD will give.

God acts through His word, and the results are seen by all the world. God not only speaks a new thing to be done to me externally, but a new destiny reflected by my new name... not a name given to me by earthly parents, but from the mouth of the LORD Himself. He loves me deeply and uniquely enough to choose it especially for me.

3You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the LORD,
and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.

I am beautiful and treasured, a crowning work to exponentially enhance the dignity of the LORD's handiwork.

4 You shall no more be termed Forsaken,
and your land shall no more be termed Desolate,
but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her,
and your land Married;
for the LORD delights in you,
and your land shall be married.

I will be desired and fruitful, no longer incomplete or kept in a state of unsated longing. I can't help but think of N and her desire for fulfillment in marriage when I read this.

5For as a young man marries a young woman,
so shall your sons marry you,
and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
so shall your God rejoice over you.

Israel's people will not only love her, but marry her and marry into her destiny. And the LORD will take pleasure in her as a husband delights in His wife. May the same be said of CCCNJ and her sons and daughters!

6 On your walls, O Jerusalem,
I have set watchmen;
all the day and all the night
they shall never be silent.
You who put the LORD in remembrance,
take no rest,

I need to be more relentless in intercession. I need to keep watch. LORD, open my eyes to see as a good watchman ought.

7 and give him no rest
until he establishes Jerusalem
and makes it a praise in the earth.

It is the LORD who does the work, and He will. This is fact. Jerusalem will be a praise in the earth, a testimony to His person. May the same be said of CCCNJ, and may we give God no rest until He accomplishes what He has said!

8 The LORD has sworn by his right hand
and by his mighty arm:
"I will not again give your grain
to be food for your enemies,
and foreigners shall not drink your wine
for which you have labored;

What is the grain for CCCNJ? What is the wine? LORD, what are you trying to say? What is it that we have labored for, and how has it been given to our enemies and oppressors? Is is peace? Fulfillment? Pride?

9 but those who garner it shall eat it
and praise the LORD,
and those who gather it shall drink it
in the courts of my sanctuary."

Whatever this is, we will enjoy it in the presence of God, not apart from it, because it is He who has accomplished it and brought about our safety and surety.

10 Go through, go through the gates;
prepare the way for the people;
build up, build up the highway;
clear it of stones;
lift up a signal over the peoples.

Light a flare and point the way to God's people. Remove the obstacles that stand between God and His presence.

11 Behold, the LORD has proclaimed
to the end of the earth:
Say to the daughter of Zion,
"Behold, your salvation comes;
behold, his reward is with him,
and his recompense before him."

Announce as a done deal the salvation of God. Justice and reward are coming! Announce not only to the people of God, but to the end of the earth. The LORD Himself proclaims it!

12 And they shall be called The Holy People,
The Redeemed of the LORD;
and you shall be called Sought Out,
A City Not Forsaken.

Holy people, sanctified and separated for service of God. Redeemed... a people bought from slavery with a price. Sought out, not seeking out for anything to hold on to. A City Not Forsaken, no longer desolate and unwanted or abandoned.