Lagataar Praathna Me Saaodhaan Raho (Alma 34:39; Moroni 6:4; Luke 21:36)
Lagataar jaagrookta ke zaroori hai prasann aur laaparwaah rahe se dur rahe ke liye.
Hum praathna karta ki Pavitra Aatma aapke aur humme madad kari jab hum sange mil ke jayjaykaar karega aur bhakti karega.
April 1976 me, Elder Boyd K. Packer khaastaur pe Girjaghar ke yuvaaon se baat karis maha sammelan me. “Spiritual Crocodiles” naamak apne uttam sandesh me usne bataya kaise Africa me ek daore ke samay usne achchi tarah chipe magarmachon ko dekha jon shikaar karne intezaar kar raha tha peediton(victims) par. Phir usne magarmachon ko Shaetaan se tulna kiya, jo bekhabar yuva par dhaawa bolte hai jaanlewa paap me chup ke.
Hum 23 saal ke raha jab Elder Packer u bhaashan deis, aur Susan aur hama pehla bachcha thode hi dinon me paeda howe la raha. Hum long ke uske sandesh ke vishay pasand kiya paap se bache ke baare me aur jetna achcha se u jaanwar ke aam chaal chalan ke istemaal se ek zaroori dhaarmik lesson sikhaais.
Susan aur hum bhi dher dafa Africa gaya hai kai kaam ke kaary me. Aur hamein maoka mila tha us desh me jeene waale vishaal jaanwaro ko dekhne ka. Elder Packer ke bhaashan yaad kiya aur iska jo ka asar jo hamare jiwan pe hua, humne koshish kiya hai zaroori lessons ko samajhna aur seekhna Africa ke jangli jaanwaron ke chal-chalan se.
Hum mangta dui cheetahs ke chaal chalan aur gunon ke baare me batawe jiske Susan aur hum dekha apan shikaar pe dhaawa bolte aur uske sambandhit karega daenik Ishu Masih ka susamachaar jeene se jo humne dekha hai.
Cheetahs aur Topis
Cheetahs long zameen pe sabse tez daudhe la jaanwar hai aur sake 75 mph (120 km/h) daudhe. Ih sundar jaanwar long sake khade huwe stithi se raftaar pakdhe aur tezee ser se 68 mph (109 km/h) ke gati pe 3 second se kamti me daudh le. Cheetahs long hinsak jaanwar hote hai jo apne shikaar pe dhaawa bolte hai aur thode hi doordaudhne se pakad lete hai.
Susan aur hum lagbhag dui ghanta bitaya dui cheetah long ke ek bada dal ke topis long ke picha karte, jon Africa ke sabse saamaanye aur zyaada maatra me paaya jaawe la antelope hai. Lambe, Sukhe ghass jo Afrika ke lambe, chaudha Charaagaah(savanna) me bhura rang ke the aur in hinsak jaanwaro ko achchi tarah dhaak lete the jab woh chip ke topis ka picha karte the. Cheetah long ek dusre se lagbhag 100 yards (91 m) ke duri me alag alag the par woh ek doosre ke aage piche ho kar vyavastha me kaam kiya.
Jaise ki ek cheetah ghaas me sidha baetha tha bina hile, dusra cheetah zameen ki or jhuka hua tha aur dhire dhire bekhabar topis ke nazdeek jaa raha tha. Phir jo cheetah seedha baitha tha wah usee kshan ghaas mein gaayab ho gaya tha jab doosara cheetah sidha baeth gaya. Yeh jo bari baari ka pattern ki ek cheetah niche baeth gaya aur dheere dheere aage badha jabki doosra cheetah sidha baeth gaya ghaas me lambe samay tak sangarsh raha. I rakam se chori-chippe wala sookshmata (strategy) topis long ke behkaawe aur dhoka dewe ke liye raha aur i rakam se u long ke dhyaan aane waala khatra se door hoe gaya. Dhiraj aur niyamit dhang se, dono cheetahs long ek saath milke kaam karis apan agla bhojan pakadne ke.
Topis ke bada samooh aur aane wala cheetahs ke beech kadhe the badhe aur majaboot Topis termite mounds par pahera dene ke liye. Ih chota pahaad se jon drishye milta raha usse pehredaar topis long sakta raha khatra ke chinh dekhe.
Tab achanak, jab cheetahs long ekdam hamla kare wala raha, topis ke pura dal ghumis aur door bhaag gais. Hum nahi janta ki kya aur kaise pehredaar topis ishaara karis utna bada dal ke, par koi rakam se ek chetaoni de dewa ge raha, aur sab topis ek surakshit jagah chal dees.
Aur tab cheetahs long konchi karis? Bina koi deree se, duno cheetahs phir se wahi baari baari la pattern istemal karis jab ek cheetah niche baeth jaye aur aage badhe aur doosara cheetah sidha baeth jaye ghaas me. Peecha karne ka koshish jaree raha. U long rukis nahi. U long na toh aaraam karis ya kabhi rukis. U long ekdam kadaai se behkaawe aur dhoka dewe la apan chaal me jutaa raha. Susan aur hum dekhta ki cheetahs herai jawe doori pes, aur phir se har baar topis ke samooh ke kareeb aawe.
Us raat ko Susan aur mere beech ek yaadgaar baat-cheet hui yahi ke baare me jonchi humlog dekha aur seekha hai. Ih anubhav ke baare me humlog aapan ladkan aur naati-pota ke sange baat kara aur usme dher anmol lessons pehchaana. Ab hum usme se teen lesson bataega.
Lesson #1—Shaetaan ke Dhoka Dewe la Nakaab se Saodhaan Raho
Hamaar liye, cheetahs long chikana, akarshak, aur lubhaaone jantu hai. Ek cheetah ka peela-jala aur bhura-sa safed rang pe kaale-dhabbe ek sundar nakaab ki tarah hai jo in jaanwaron ko African jangalon me apna shikaar ka picha karte puri tarah chipa leta hai.
Yahi rakam se, dhaamrik rup se khatarnaak vichaar aur karvaahee lagataar hamein akarshak, lubhaona, ya manoranjak lag sakta hai. Isliye, hum long ke adhunik duniya me, hum sab ke chaahi buraai ke dhoka dewe la nakaab se saaodhaan raho jon nakal kare achcha bane ke. Jaise Isaiah chetaaoni deis, “Haae un par jo bure ko bhala aur bhale ko bura kehte, jo andhiyaare ko ujiyaala aur ujiyaale ko andhiyaara tehraatem aur kadwe ko meetha aur meethe ko kadwa karke maante hai!”1
Is virodhabhaasi samay me jab manushye jiwan ke pavitrata ko bhang karna ko ek adhikaar aur uthal-puthal ko aazaadi maana jaata hai, hum kitne khushkismat hai is antim-din yug me rehne ke liye jab punarsthaapit susamachaar ki jyoti hamare jiwan ko ujjwal karti hai aur hamein shaetaan ke andhere dhokho aur behkaawon ko jaanne me madad karti hai.
“Jon bhi budhimaan hai aur sachchaai paae lees hai, aur Pavitra Aatma ke apan aguwa banae lees hai, aur abhi tak behka nahi haidekho hum tumse bolta hai, u long ke giraya nahi jaai aur aagi me nahi biga jaai, lekin u long i din sambhal jaai.”2
Lesson #2—Jaga Raho aur Chaukas Raho
Ek topis ke liye, thoda deri ke laaparwaahi ya bekhabari se sake ek cheetah se waar kar dewe. Wohi rakam, dhaarmik rup se prasann aur laaparwaah rehwe se hum long shaetaan ke chaal me aai jaata hai. Dhaarmik laaparwaahi hamare jiwan me bhaari khatra laata hai.
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Nephi batais kaise antim-dinon me Shaetaan koshish karega Parmeshwar ke bachchon ko jhut ke lubhaaega aur akarshit karega “saansaarik suraksha me, ki woh kahenge: Zion me sab kuch theek hai; haan, Zion pragati kar raha hai, sab kuch theek hai—aur isi tarah shaetaan unki aatmaaon ko gumraah karega, aur chaturaai ke saath unhe nark le jaaega.”3
Lagataar jagrookta ke jaroori hai prasann aur laaparwaah ke pratikriya karne ke liye. Jaagrookta ek kaary ke avastha hai sab taaim saaodhani se pehra do aane waale khatre ya mushkilon ke liye. Aur pehra dewe ke liye zaroori hai jaga rehna bachawe aur surakshit rakkhe ke liye. Dhaarmik rup se kahe to, hamein jaga aur chaukas rehwe ke hai Pavitra Aatma ke prabhaao pe aur un ishaaro pe jo Tower pe se Prabhu ke chaukeedar se aate hai.4
“Haan, aur mai tumse kehta hoon … ki tum lagataar praathna me saaodhaan raho, jisse ki shaetaan ke chaalon me tum fas na jaao, … kyunki dekho, woh koi achcha pratifal nahi deta.”5
Hum long apan jiwan Uddhaarkarta aur Uske susamachaar me aur uspe adhaarit kare se aam aadmi ke kamzori se nikal ke dhaarmik taur se kam chaokanna aur aalsi ho jaaenge. Jaise hum dhanye hai dekhne waale aankho se aur sunne waale kaano se,6 Pavitra Aatma hamare dekhne aur sunne ki chamta ko badha sakta hai jab hum sochta hai ki kuch dekhne ya sunne ke zaroori nahin hai ya kuch bhi dekhne ya sunne ke kaabil nahi hai.
“Isliye, dekho ki tum taeyaar raho.”7
Lesson #3—Dushman Ki Chaal Samjho
Ek cheetah ek hinsak jaanwar hai jiske kaam hai anye jaanwaro pe dhaawa bolna. Din bhar, har roz, ek cheetah ek hinsak jaanwar hai.
Shaetaan “sachchaai ka dushman hai aur unka bhi jo Parmeshwar ki ichcha puri karna chahate hai.”8 Din bhar, sab roz woh ek hi cheez chahata hai aur uska puralakshye hai ki Parmeshwar ke bete aur betiyon ko apni tarah aashaheen kar le.9
Pita ka khushiyaali ka yojna Uske bachchon ki liye hai raasta dikhai ke liye , unhe madad kare l samay ka sthaayee anand anubhav karne me, aur unhe surakshit Uske paas ghar laaye punarjiwit, unnat shareer ke saath. Shaetaan mehnat kare hai Parmeshwar ke beta aur betiyon ke mann uljhaawe aur udaas kare aur u long ke anant pragati ke roke ke. Shatru kadi mehnat kare hai Pita ke yojna ke asulon pe waar kare ke jisse u sabse zyaada nafrat kare hai.
Shaetaan ke paas shareer nahi hai, aur uska anant pragati ruk gaya hai. Jis tarah nadee me behta paani ka bahaao ek dam se ruk jaata hai, usi tarah shatru ka anant pragati asafal hota hai uska shareer na hone se. Uske vidroh ke kaaran, Lucifer ne apne sabhi maransheel ashirvaadon aur anubhavon ko thukraa diya hai jo maas aur haddi ke shareer dwara mumkin tha. Yeh shabd shaapit ka ek taaqatwar skripcha ka arth uski pragati na hone aur hamare Swarg ke Pita ki tarah na banne se dikhta hai.
Kyunki ek shaaririk deh utna mukhye hai Pita ke khushiyaali ki yojna aur hamari aadhyaatmik vikaas ke liye, Lucifer maange hum long ke pragati me baadha daale hum long apan shareer ke galat istemaal kare ke behkaawe se. Pradhaan Russell M. Nelson sikhaais hai ki aatmik suraksha ant me usi me hai “‘kabhi pehla galat kadam na uthaae wahan jaane ke liye jahan nahi jaana hai aur woh karne ke liye jo nahi karna hai.’ … [M]anushye hone ke naate hum sab ke paas [shareerik] bhook hai hame zinda rehne ke liye. Ih bhook bahut zaroori hai jiwan ke aage badhne ke liye. Toh, shatru kya karta hai? … Woh hamein hamare bhook ke zariye waar karta hai. U hum long ke behkaawe hai u cheez long khaawe ke jon hum long ke nahi chaahi khaao, u cheez piye ke jon nahi chaahi piyo, aur waise pyaar kare ke jaise nahi chaahi karo!’”10
Anantta ke ek sabse bada taana hai ki shatru, jon ki shareer na hone ke kaaran dukhi hai, sab ko amantrit aur akarshit karta hai uske dukh me shaamil hone ih madhyaam se ki hum apne shareer ka durupyog kare. Jon upakaran uske paas nahi hai aur jiska woh istemaal nahi kar paata hai isiliye wahi uske mukhy lakshye hai ki woh hamein bhi shareerik aur aatmik vinaash ke or le jaane me.
Shatru ke iraada ko samajhna bahut zaroori hai uske sambhaavit waaro se achchi tarah se taeyaar hone ke liye.11 Bilkul wahi rakam kyunki Captain Moroni Lamanites ke lakshye ko jaanta tha, woh unke aane ke samay pe taeyaar tha unka saamna karne ke liye aur vijayi tha.12 Aur wahi siddhaant aur vaada hum sab ke liye sach hai.
“Agar tum taeyaar ho, to tum daroge nahi.
“Aur isliye ki tum shatru ke shakti se bach sako.”13
Nimantran, Vaada, aur Gawaahi
Jon rakam se zaroori lessons cheetahs aur topis ke chaal chalan ko dekh kar seekhe jaa sakte hai, usi tarah hum sab ko bhi daenik jiwan ke saadhaaran ghatnaaon me paae jaane waale lesson aur chetaoni ko dhoondhna hai. Jaise ki hum Pavitra Aatma ke shakti dwara swarg se nirdeshan ke liye mann aur aatma se taeyaar rehna chahate hai, waise hum long ke apan saadhaaran anubhavon me kuch bade seekh milenge aur kayi sabse shaktishaali chetaoniyaan jo hamein surakshit rakhenge. Shaktishaali kahaniyaan skripchas aur hamare daenik jiwan me paaye jaate hai.
Hum dher me se khali teen lesson bataya hai jon Susan aur hamaar Africa ke saer se mila. Hum aapke amantrit aur protsaahit karta hai ih kahani ke yaad kare ke cheetah aur topis ke saath aur anye lesson nikaale apne aur apne pariwaar ke liye. Kripya hamesha yaad rakkhe ki tumhara ghar sachcha kendra hai susamachaar ko seekhne aur jeene ka.
Jab tum vishwaas se is nimantran pe amal karoge, prerna bhare vichaar tumhare mann me aaenge, dhaarmik ehsaas tumhara dil me ubhrega, aur tum jaanoge kya karna chahiye ya jaari rakhna chahiye taaki tum “apne upar [Parmeshwar ka] pura kawach le sako, ki tum us bure din ka saamna kar paao, puri taeyaari ke baad, ki tum khade ho paao.”14
Hum vaada karta hai ki sahi taeyaari ka ashirvaad aur aatmik suraksha tumhara hoga jab tum lagataar praathna karoge chaukas aur saaodhaan hoke.
Hum gawahi deta ki vachanbadh raasta pe aage badhe se aatmik suraksha mili aur hum long ke jiwan me lambe samay ka anand rahi. Aur hum gawaah hai ki ji utha aur jiwit Uddhaarkarta hamein swikriti dega aur mazboot karega donon achche aur bure samay me. In sachchaaiyon ki mai gawahi deta hoon Prabhu Ishu Masih ke pavitra naam se, amen.