Order items in enumerate environment automatically

Order items in enumerate environment automatically

I have a list of items in an enumerate environment
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{enumerate}
\item This is the second item.
\item This is the third item.
\item This is the first item.
\end{enumerate}
\end{document}
That I want to list in a different order (the third item should be first,
the first item should be second, and the second item should be third.)
Is there a way I can pass the argument [3, 1, 2] to some function and have
the list typeset in the order I want? Thank you.