Prithvi ko Apna Raaja Praapt Karne Do
2022 First Presidency ke Bada Din Sabha
Raviwaar, December 4, 2022
Uske Apnaane ke Liye Apne Dilon ko Kholo
Prerit sangeet kee shaanti aur garmaahat bas hamaree aatmaon ko bhar deti hai.
Bada Din Shubh Ho!
Yah Disambar 1943 tha, aur duniya World War II mein ulajhee hui thee. Sabhi dur taton par apane priyajanon ke liye chintit the, aur ghar par chinta paise aur bhojan ki kamee se badh gai thee. Paarivaarik sansaadhanon ki saavadhaani se suraksha ke saath, mere pita Herold Hillam, jo us samay nau saal ke the, ke liye ek chamatkaari Bada Din upahaar ― ek tren set praapt karna aashcharyajanak tha. Lekin yah koi puraani train nahin thi; yah train bina kisi ko dhakka diye patariyon ke kinaare chalee gai. Dhakka dene ki aavashyakata nahin hai. Aise adbhut uphaar ka vaastavikata hona asambhav prateet ho raha tha. O, Harold ne us tren ko kaise sanjoya.
Kuchh saal baad, Bada Din aaya, vah duniya yuddh se ubhar rahi thi. Phir bhi St. Anthony, Idaho mein aarthik sthiti mein sudhaar nahin hua tha, aur mere pita ke parivaar ke liye, ve vaastav mein battar ho gae the. Harold ke pita gambheer roop se beemaar the, lagabhag apni jaan ganva rahe the. Harold aur uske chote bhaai, Arnold —sahit kisi ke liye upahaaron ki bahutaayat nahin hogi.
Bada Din ke kuchh din pahale, Harold ke pita uske paas aae aur dheere se pucha, “Harold, kya aap apni train Arnold ko dena chaahenge taaki vah is saal Bada Din ka upahaar paa sake?”
Kya usne apne pita ko sahee suna tha? Uska keemti train? Yah sabhi anurodhon ka anurodh tha.
Bada Din ki subha aa gai, aur Arnold khushi se jhoom utha jaise hi use Harold ki tarah ek train mili.
Arnold ne jald hi dekha ki Harold ab apni train se nahin khelta hai. Aant me, Arnold ne ahesaas hua ki use diya gaya upahaar Harold ki train ki tarah “hi” nahin tha— yah Harold ki train thi! Arnold ne jab upahaar ke peechhe ki kurbaani ko samjha to vah train beshkeemti ho gai.
Mere liye, yah paarivaarik kahani apne aap me ek upahaar hai- aur sirph isliye nahin ki yah mujhe mere pyaare pita aur unke pyaare bhaai ki yaad dilaati hai. Isse bhi adhik mahatvapurn, yah mujhe Parmeshwar ke Priye Putr ke balidaan aur prem kee yaad dilaata hai—wah jiska janm ham manaate hai.
Ishu Masih Bada Din ka hamara pahala aur hamesha ke liye upahaar tha aur hai. Main is sachchai ka gawahi deta hu: Woh paida hua tha, Woh hamare liye jie aur mare,aur Woh abhi bhi rahta―hai!
Ham kitne dhanye hai ki ham aise aanand ke praaptakarta is khushi ke upahaar me. Pasandeeda Bada Din geet ke shabdon mein: “Duniya me khushiyaali, Prabhu aa gaya hai; prithvi ko apna Raaja praapt karne do!”1
Elder Neal A. Maxwell ne sikhaaya: “Parmeshvar ne hamen jo kuchh diya hai use dhyaan mein rakhate hue, hamen praapt karane mein bahut achchha hona chaahie, lekin ham nahin hain. Ham jo khud ko kaaphee aatmanirbhar aur swatantr maante hain, aksar praapt karna ajeeb hai, yahaan tak ki mushkil paate hain. …
“[Phir bhi] Parmeshwar ke upahaar, mausamee upahaaron ke vipreet, shaashvat aur avinaashee hain, jo ek jaari rehne waale Bada Din ka nirmaan karte hain jo kabhi khatm nahin hota hai!”2
Kaise hum log itne uttam upahaar ko paryapt rup se praapt kar sakte hai? Ham prati din apne Uddhaarkarta ke upahaar, Unke prem aur Unke aseem Praeshchit ka kaise chunte hai?
Aaiye ham pahale se bane khidki ke sheeshon aur rangi hui mathai(candy canes) ke dibbe se door hatein aur hamein shishu Udhaarkarta ke pahale praaptakartaon ki vinamr bhoomikaon aur sandaled vaale tallvon se seekhein.
Uske Pavitrata ko Praapt Karo
Jaise hi Uddhaarkarta ka janm nikat aaya, Mary aur Joseph ne Bethlehem ki halchal ke beech apna raasta banaaya, lekin saraay bhari hui thi. Kya koi ke paas unke liye jagah nahi tha? Kya unhen vishraam dene vaala koi nahin tha? Mary us upahaar ko jaanti thi jo vah le jaa rahi thi, lekin kisi ke paas ise lene ke liye, use praapt karne ke liye jagah nahin thi.
Ham vaastav mein yah nahin jaan sakte ki Mary aur Joseph ne is shann mein kya mahasoos kiya, lekin mainne hamesha unhein shaant shakti aur vishwaas ke saath aage badhane ki kalpana ki hai. Devdoot ka nimantran praapt karna “daro matt”3 aur ab Ishu ke janm ki taiyaari kar rahe the, ve aaraamadaayak aavaas ki kisi bhi apeksha ko chhod dene mein saksham the aur iske bajaay ek shaant, neech sthir sthaan mein rahane lage. Lekin ek kathor stithi dikh raha hua hoga par waisa hi nahi rahega. Prabhu jald hi us khaaleepan ko pavitrata se bhar denge.
Jaise Luke 2:7 me padha jaata hai, “Aur woh apna pehla janma ladka paeda ki, aur use kapde me lapet kar, aur charni me rakh diya; kyunki unke liye inn me jagah nahi tha.”
Hamare Uddhaarkarta—jeevan, aasha aur pratigya ka vah mahimaay upahaar—prthvee par aaya tha.
Kya ham Masih praapt karne ke liye apne hirday mein jagah taiyaar kar sakte hain aur Uski pavitrata ko hamaare khokhale sthaanon ko bharne ki anumati de sakte hai? Mary aur Joseph ki tarah, kabhi-kabhi vikat paristhitiyon ke beech bhi ham me us par bharosa karne ka saahas hoga. Maargadarshan—yahaan tak ki chamatkaar—jo hamaare jeevan mein aate hai ve shaayad bheed-bhaad me nahin honge, na hee manchon par ya stediyamon me, balki un shaant sthaanon me honge jahaan ham rahate hai aur kaam karte hai- jahaan ham madad ke liye jaate hai. Jahaan bhi hamari vinamr aavashyakataen utpann hoti hai, ham apni phusaphusaahat vaalee praarthanaon ke uttar praapt kar sakte hai aur praapt karenge.
Kaarye Kare ke Uske Nimantran ko Praapt Karo
Kya yah aashcharyejanak nahin hai ki memane ke pahale praaptkartaon mein se kuch Parmeshwar ke Charvaahe the?
Jab swarg aur prithvi Uddhaarkarta ke janm ki utkrsht ghatna mein takrae to achambhit charwaahe prakaash ke ek shaandaar prism ke neeche ikatthe hue, raat ne prithvee ko dhank diya.
“Swargadoot ne un se kaha, …Daro mat: kyonki dekho, main tumhen bade aanand ka susamaachaar sunaata hoon. …
“Kyonki aaj David ke nagar mein tumhaare liye ek Uddhaarkarta ka janm hua hai, jo ki Prabhu Masih hai.”4
Ham pyaar karte hain ki in samarpit charwaahon ne unhen praapt karne mein derr nahin ki balki apne Raaja se milne ke liye jaldbaaji kee. Unse ham seekhte hain ki praapt karna ek kriya shabd hai. Luke hamein bataata hai ki charwaahe “utni phurti se aaye, aur … us baalak ko charnee mein pada hua paaya.”5
Kai baar, Prabhu se hamare abhi bhi, chote prabhaav praapt nahin ho sakte hai kyonki ve hamare kailendar, hamari yojanaon, ya hamare samay me saphai se phit nahin hote hai. Bada Din ki kahani hamen in samarpit charavaahon ki tarah banane ki yaad dilaati hai jinhonne apane raaja ko praapt karne ke liye jo aavashyak tha use karne me deree nahin ki.
Ab, kya aapane dhyaan diya ki looka ne Bada Din ke vrttaant mein ek aanandadaayak sanket diya hai ki Usse praapt karna Usse sajhaa kar raha hai, yah samajhaate hue, “unhonne [Ishu ko] dekhakar, vah baat jo is baalak ke vishay mein un se kahee gaee thee, pragat kee”?6 ye charavaahe svarg se yah sandesh praapt kiya, jaldee se chala gaya, aur turant aur usake baad svarg ke doot ban gae, “duniya ke lie khushee” kee ghoshana karate hue, aur sabhee ko ”[apane] raaja ko praapt karane“ ke lie aamantrit kiya!”7
Sthayee Vishwaas ke Saath Praapt Karein
Ab ham apana dhyaan Wise Men kee or lagaate hain. Buddhimaan purush Ishu Masih ke mahaan saadhakon me se ek hai. Unhonne lagan se apana jiwan swargiye abhivyakti ke lie dekhate hue bitaaya, aur jab yah aaya, to unhonne ghar, naukaree, parivaar aur doston ko piche chhod diya taaki ve sitaare ka anusaran kar saken aur apane Raaja ko pa saken.
Charwaahon ke vipreet, unki ek satat yaatra tha jisme samay lagta tha. Unhien dhoondhna maangna intazaar karna aur jaana tha, aur phir aisa hi karna tha, jab tak ki unhonne us chhote bachche ko Uski maa Mary ke saath nahin dekha. Unhonne upahaar chadhae jo sabse keemti the aur ghutne pe hue aur Unki pooja ki.8
Mainne aksar socha hai ki hamare dwara Masih ko grahan karne me, kya ham lagan se Use khojte hai aur Use hamari yaatra ko agyaat sthaanon aur logon tak le jaane ki anumati dete hai? Ham kaise upahaar aur pooja ke dwaara apna aabhaar vyakt karte hain?
Dhanye Hai Praapt Karne Waale
Toh, yah rahi—Bada Din ki bhavy kahani.
Mere priye doston,dhanye hai praapt karnewaala. Mere pita ki tren ke upahaar ke roop me pyaare aur har jagah parivaaron dwara kiye gae samay aur khajaane ke komal upahaar, ve upahaar Bada Din ke sachche upahaar—Ishu Masih ki tulna me pheeke hai.
“Tab kya faaeda us aadmi ko agar use ek uphaar mile, aur woh us upahaar ko na praapt karein?”9
Jiwanbhar ke sabse zaroori paath jon uh sikhis ih raha: “Kyunki Parmeshwar ne jagat se aysa pyaar kiya, ki usne apna iklautha janma Putra diya, taaki jo koi uspe vishwaas kare woh naash na howe, parantu anant jiwan paaye.”10
Main is vaade se pyaar karata hoon ki jo koi bhi vaastav me us pavitr raat me diye gae Masih ke upahaar ko praapt karega, use hamesha ki zindagee milegee!
Isliye ham dekhate hai ki Masih ko poori tarah se grahan karane ke hamare dainik prayaason ke maadhyam se, ham apane bhavishyavakta ke roop me banenge, President Russell M. Nelson ne aamantrit kiya hai: aise log jo Prabhu ke phir se aane par use praapt karane me saksham, taiyaar aur yogy hai, aise log jo pahale se hee Ishu Masih ko chun chuke hai.”11
Us din ki kalpana karana kitna gauravashaalee hai jab ham ek saath phir se ghoshana karenge, “Prabhu aa gaya hai; prithvee [aur ham mein se pratyek] apne Raaja ko praapt kare!”12 Ishu Masih ke naam se, amen.