Daro Mat
Aasha rakkho, bhaaiyon aur bahano. Ji haan, hum khatarnaak samay me rehte hai, lekin vachanbadh maarg pe rahe se, hum long ke dare ke jaruri nahi rahi.
Hum bhi apan gawahi deta Pradhaan Russell M. Nelson aur Elder Quentin L. Cook ke sandeshon ke sange jon thoda deri pehle u logh Pratham Adhyakshta aur Barah Devduton ke Korum ke Council ke summat aur ekta pe bolis hai. Hum janta hai i revelaishan pe aadharit aelaan Prabhu ka mann aur ichcha hai aur logon, parivaaron, aur Ishu Masih ka Girjaghar Antim-dinon ke Santon ka ke aane waale peedhiyon tak ashish dega.
Kuch saal pehle, hum logh ke nawa shaadi hua ladki aur uske pati Bahan Rasband aur humse ek bahut zaroori, jiwan-pe-asar kare la sawaal puchis: “Kya abhi bhi surakshit aur budhimaani rahi ee bura aur daraona duniya jisme hum long rehta usme ladkan paida karo?”
Ab, ek maata aur pitah ke kostin to i ek bahut zaroori sawaal rahi apan pyaare shaadi shuda ladkan ke sange soche ke. Hum long u logh ke awaaz me u dar sakta raha sune aur u logh ke dil me dar mehsoos kare. Hum long ke jawaab u long ke kostin raha “Ji, haan, ee toh ekdam THEEK hai,” jab hum long ke susamachaar ke seekh aur apan dil ke baat aur jiwan ke anubhav bataya.
Dar nawa nahi hai. Ishu Masih ke chela long, Galilee ke Samudra me, “hawa, aur lehro” se raat ke andhere me darte the.1 Aaj ke Unke chelo ki tarah, hum bhi darte hai. Hum long ke singal adalts dare hai jimwaari lewe se jaise ki shaadi karna. Naye viwaahit dampati, hamare bachchon ki tarah, darte hai is buraai ki duniya me bachche paeda kare se. Prachaarak long dher baat se dare, khaaskar ajnabi long se baat karna. Vidhwa long akele jiwan bitawe se dare. Yuva umra ke log dare hai ki koi u-logh ke dost apnaai nahi; naye skool ladkan skool ke pehle din se darte hai; university ladkan pariksha ke parinaam paae se dare hai. Hum asafalta, thukraae jaane, niraasha, aur anjaane cheezon se darte hai. Hum toofaano, bhukamp, aur aag jo zameen aur hamare jiwan nasht kare se darte hai. Hum na chune jaane, aur dusri or, chune jaane se darte hai. Hum utna achcha na banne se darte; hum darte hai ki Prabhu hamein koi ashirvaad na dega. Hum badlaao se darte, aur hamara dar badh ke khaof ban sakta hai. Kya hum u sab cheez bol diya jisse log darte hai?
Puraane zamaane se, dar ne Parmeshwar ke bachchon ke soch ko thaam liya hai. 2 Kings me mujhe Elisha ki kahani hamesha pasand tha. Syria ke raaja ne ek sena bheja jo “raat ke samay aaya, aur shahar ko puri tarah gher liya tha.”2 U logh mangta raha profat Elisha ke pakde aur maar de. Hum long padhta hai:
“Aur jab Parmeshwar ke bhakt ka naokar jaldi jaaga, aur baahar nikla, tab dekhis, shahar ko gher liya gaya tha donon ghodo aur baggiyon se. Aur uske naokar ne usse bola, Bolo, hamaar swami! Konchi kare ke hai?”3
Woh dar ke bol raha tha.
“Aur [Elisha] bolis, Daro nahi: kyunki jetna hum logh ke sange hai u long se zyaada hai jetna u logh ke sange hai.”4
Lekin u wahan nahi rukis.
“Elisha praathna karis, aur bolis, Prabhu, hum aapse kehta, uske aankhi kholo, ki u dekhe paawe. Aur Prabhu u jawaan admi ke aankh khol dees; aur u dekhis: aur, dekhis, Elisha ke chaaro taraf la pahaad jalte aag ke ghadon aur rathon se bhara hai.”5
Saait hum logh ke paas aag ke jalte rath nahi hoi dar bhagawe ke liye aur hum logh ke shaetaan ke bhagawe ke liye, lekin iska seekh saral hai. Prabhu hamare saath hai, hamari parwaah karta aur aise aashish dewe hai jon khali Wohi sake kare. Praathna se hum logh sakta u zaroori shakti aur gyaan mangawe jisse hum logh ke dhyaan Ishu Masih aur Uske praeshchit ke balidaan pe rahe. Prabhu jaane ki kabhi kabhi hum long ke dar lagi. Hum bhi mehsoos kara hai aur aap bhi, isliye skripchas Prabhu ke salaah se bhara hai:
“Khush raho, aur daro mat.”6
“Har khyaal me meri or dekho; shakh nahi karo, daro nahi.”7
“Daro mat, nanhe baalak.”8 Hamme “nanhe baalak” ki komalta pasand hai. I Girja me hum long saait ginti me kamti log hai jon rakam se duniya prabhaao ko geenti hai, lekin jab hum long apan aatmik aakhi kholega, “hum long ke sange la log zyaada hai u long ke sange la log se.”9 Hamare pyaare Charwaaha, Ishu Masih, aage kehta hai, “Chaahe dharti aur narak duno aapke khilaaf hoi jaawe, woh jaada der tak nahi tikenge agar unke chattaan par tum khade hoge.”10
Dar ke kaise sako dur karo? Us jawaan naokar ke liye, woh to Elisha ke ekdam bagal me khada tha, jon Parmeshwar ke profat raha. Hamare paas bhi wohi vaada hai. Jab hum Pradhaan Russell M. Nelson ki sunte hai, unke salaah ko maante hai, hum Parmeshwar ke ek profat ke bagal me khade hote hai. Joseph Smith ke woh shabd yaad karo: “Aur ab, kai gawahiyaan jo uske baare mein di gayi hai, ke baad, yah gawahi hai, sabse aakhri, jo hum uske liye detein hai: Ki wah jiwit hai!”11 Ishu Masih jiwit hai. Uske aur Uske susamachaar ke liye hum long ke pyaar dar ke dur kare.
Hum long ke ichcha “hamesha uske Aatma ko rakhne”12 apan sange se dar dur hat jaai taaki hum long ke maransheel jiwan ke achcha anant nazara mile saki. Pradhaan Nelson chetaoni dees hai, “Aane waale dinon me, mumkin nahi rahi aatmik rup se sambhal paana bina Pavitra Aatma ke maargdarshan, aguwaai, sahanubhuti, aur lagataar prabhaao ke.”13
Prabhu bolis hai, u aafat ke leke jon dharti pe chaawe la raha aur jisse dher jan ke dil kada hoe jaata, “Hamaar chela long pavitra jagah long pe khada rahi, aur u long ke koi haani nahi hoi.”14
Aur uske baad i divye salaah: “Hum long ke nahi chaahi chintit ho, kyunki jab sab cheez hoi jaai, tab hum long jaanega ki tumse jon vaada kara ge raha u pura hoi.”15
Pavitra jagahon pe khada ho—chintit nahi ho—aur vaada long pura hoi. Aao hum isme se ek ek ke dekhe apan dar ke milaan me.
Pehla, pavitra jagahon pe khada ho. Jab hum long pavitra jagahon pe khada hota—hum long ke dhaarmik ghar, hum long ke samarpit chapels, pavitra mandirein—hum Prabhu ki Aatma apne sang mehsoos karta hai. Hum long ke u sawaal ke jawaab mile jinse hum long chintit rehta ya woh shaanti mile jisse u sab ke chinta chodh deta. Wahi hai Aatma ka kaam. Parmeshwar ke raajye me yeh pavitra jagahein dharti par hamare shraddha, auron ke liye aadar, behtar dhang se susamachaar ko jeena, aur dar ko dur karne ki aasha aur Ishu Masih ke changaai ki shakti dhoondhna Unke Praeshchit ke dwara.
Dar ki koi jagah nahi hai Parmeshwar ke pavitra jagahon par ya Unke ladkan ke dilon me. Kyun? Pyaar ke kaaran. Parmeshwar humse pyaar karta hai—hamesha—aur hum Unse pyaar karte hai. Parmeshwar ke liye hum long ke pyaar sab dar ke kaabu me kar le hai, aur Uske pyaar pavitra jagah long me rehwe. Us par socho. Jab hum long Prabhu ke prati apan jimwaari ke halka se leta hai, jab hum long Uske rasta jon anant jiwan dewe se bhatak jaata hai, jab hum long Uske divye rachna me apan mahatva pe sawaal aur daaut karta, jab hum long dar ke maoka deta hum long ke darawe ke—udaasi, gussa, niraasha, maayusi—Aatma chal dewe, aur hum long bina Prabhu ke rehta. Agar tum janta u kaise mehsoos howe, tab tumme pata hoi ki u ek achcha jagah nahi hai rehwe ke. Iske alawa, jab hum long pavitra jagahon pe khada hota, hum long Parmeshwar ke pyaar mehsoos karta, aur “sampurn pyaar dar ko bhagata hai.”16
Agla vaada hai “Chinta mat karo.”17 Bhale jitna bhi buraai aur uthal-puthal ho jaae dharti pe, hum long ke vaada mila hai hum long ke daenik Ishu Masih me biswaasipan ke zariye “Parmeshwar ki shaanti, jo insaan ki samajh se badhke hai.”18 Aur jab Masih puri shakti aur mahima me aata hai, buraai, vidroh, aur beinsaafi khatam hoga.
Bahu dinon pehle Devdut Paul ne hamare samay ki bhavishyevaani ki, jawaan Timothy se kehte huwe:
“Yeh bhi jaan lo, ki antim dinon me kathin samay aaenge.
“Kyunki manushye swaarthi, lobhi, badhaai karne waale, abhimaani, nindak, maata-pita ki aagya taalne waale, abhaar rahit, apavitra, rahenge …
“… Parmeshwar ke premi se zyaada manoranjan ke premi.”19
Yaad rakho, “u jon hum long ke sange hai” veil ke duno taraf, u jon Prabhu se apan pura dil, koshish, mann, aur taaqat se pyaar kare, “u long se zyaada hai jon u long ke sange hai.”20 Agar hum long furti se Prabhu aur Uske tariko pe bharosa karega, agar hum long Uske kaam me juta rahega, hum long duniya ke kaam se nahi darega ya usse chintit hoega. Hum aapse vinti karta duniya ke prabhaao aur dabaao long ke dur hatao aur apan daenik jiwan me dhaarmikta laao. Prabhu jis cheez se pyaar kare usse tum pyaar karo—jisme shaamil hai Uske aagya, Uske pavitra gharein, Unse ki gayi hamare pavitra vachanein, har Sabbath ko liya gaya sekramant, praathna dwara baat-cheet—aur tum chintit nahi rahega.
Aakhri salaah: Prabhu aur Unke vaado pe bharosa rakho. Hum janta hai ki Uske sab vaada pura hoi. Aur hum etna mazbooti se janta jetna ki hum janta hum yahan khada hai i pavitra sabha me.
Prabhu hum long ke bataais hai: “Jon bhi budhimaan hai aur sachchaai paae lees hai, aur Pavitra Aatma ke apan aguwa banae lees hai, aur abhi tak behka nahi hai—dekho hum tumse bolta hai, u long ke giraya nahi jaai aur aagi me nahi biga jaai, lekin u long i din sambhal jaai.”21
Yahi kaaran hai ki aaj ke hal-chal se nahin chaahi hum long ke chintit raho, u long se jon badha vishaal imaarat me hai, jon Prabhu Ishu Masih ke liye imaandaar koshish aur sewa pe hase hai. Aasha se bhara hona, saahas, aur dayaluta bhi ayse dil se aata hai jo musibat aur hal-chal se na daba ho. Pradhaan Nelson, jo “bhavishye ke baare me aasha se bhara hai,” hum long ke yaad karais, “Agar hum long me aasha rahi sachchaai pe aakraman kare la etna dher aawaaz aur insaan ke soch se, hum long ke chaahi revelaishan paawe ke sikho.”22
Apan kostin revelaishan paawe ke liye, hum long ke chaahi susamachaar ke jiye ke aur biswaasipan aur dhaarmikta auron me aur khud me protsaahit kare ke jaada ahamiyat do.
Spencer W. Kimball hamaar yuva taaim ke ek profat raha. Beeta kuch saalon me, Devdut bane ke baad, hamme shaanti mila uske pehla maha sammelan sandesh me jon October 1943 me bolis raha. Uske apan kolling bahut bada lagta raha, hum janta u kaise mehsoos howe. Elder Kimball bolis: “Hum bahut zyaada socha aur praathna kara, aur upwaas aur praathna kara. Hamaar dimaag me ketna rakam ke baat long aais—aisan awaaz jon janae bole: ‘Tum nahi sakta i kaam kare. Tum iske laayak nahin hai. Tumaar paas iske gun nahi hai’—aur phir ant me hamme u achcha khayaal aai: ‘Tumme chaahi u diya ge la kaam kar lo—tumme apne aap ke laayak aur kaabil banawe ke chaahi.’ Aur yeh silsila jaari raha.”23
Hum i Devdut ke sachcha-dil la gawahi se protsaahit hoya jon i bada Girja ke 12th Pradhaan bane ke raha. U jaanis ki uske apan dar ke bagal karke “diya ge kaam kar lo” aur ki uske chaahi Prabhu pe shakti ke liye nirbhar ho apne aap ke “gunwaan, laayak aur kaabil” banawe ke. Hum long bhi sakta kare. Silsila jaari rahi, lekin hum long uske Prabhu ke Aatma se jhelega. Hum long “chintit nahi hoega” kyunki jab hum long Prabhu ke sange khada hoega aur Uske aadarsh aur Uske anant yojna ke liye khada hoega, hum long pavitra jagah pe rahega.
Ab, u beti aur damaad ke baare me konchi jon bahut dil chuwe la aur jhaanch la, daraona sawaal puchis raha kuch saal pehle? U long to achcha se u raat hum long ke baat-cheet pe dhyaan dees; u long praathna aur upwaas karke apan nirnay kar lis. Khushi aur anand se u long aur hum long, jon nana-nani raha, ke liye ab u long ke paas 7 sundar ladkan hai saathe biswaas aur pyaar se jeete huwe.
Aasha rakkho, bhaaiyon aur bahano. Ji haan, hum khatarnaak samay me rehte hai, lekin vachanbadh maarg pe rahe se, hum long ke dare ke jaruri nahi rahi. Hum aapke ashirvaad deta ki jab tum aap ayse karega, tum i samay se chintit nahi rahega ya jo chinta aapke aage aaega se. Hum tumme ashirvaad deta pavitra jagahon pe khada ho aur wahan se hato mat. Hum tumme ashirvaad deta Ishu Masih ke vaada long me biswaas karo, ki U jiwit hai aur ki U hum long pe nazar rakkhe, parwaah kare aur saathe khada rehwe. Hamare Prabhu aur Uddhaarkarta, Ishu Masih ke naam se, amen.