Yogyata Nirdoshta Nahin Hai

Bradley R. Wilcox dwara

Jawaan Purush Maha Adhyakshta ka Dusra Salaahkaar

Jab aapko lagta hai ki aap koshish karte rahane ke liye kai baar asaphal ho gae hain, to yaad rakhen ki Masih ka Praeshchit aur vah anugrah vaastavik hai jo ise sambhav banaata hai.

Mainne ek baar apne phone par voice-to text pheechar ka upyog karke apnee betee aur daamaad ko ek sandesh bheja tha. Mainne kaha, “Aare, tum donon. Hum tumse pyaar karta hai.” Unhonne praapt kiya, “Tum donon se napharat hai. Hum tumse pyaar karna chahiye.” Kya yah aashcharyajanak nahin hai ki ek sachaai aur pakka sandesh ko kitnee aasaanee se galat samajha ja sakta hai? Aisa hee kabhee-kabhee Parmeshwar ke pashchaataap aur yogyata ke sandeshon ke saath hota hai.

Kuch log galtee se yah sandesh praapt kar lete hain ki pash‍chaataap aur parivartan anaavashyak hain. Parmeshwar ka sandesh hai ki ve aavashyak hain¹ Lekin kya Parmeshwar hamaree kamiyon ke baavjood hamse pyaar nahin karta? Beshak! Woh hamse sachcha prem karta hai. Main apne pote-potiyon, apurnataon aur sabhee se pyaar karta hoon, lekin iska matlab yah nahin hai ki main nahin chahata ki weh sudharen aur woh banen jo weh ban sakte hain. Parmeshwar hamse waise hee pyaar karte hain jaise ham hain, lekin Woh hamen is tarah chhodne ke liye bhee hamse bahut pyaar karte hain.² Prabhu kee or badhna hee maranshilta hai.³ Badalna woh hai jo Masih ka Praeshchit hai. Na kewal Masih hamen punrjeevit kar sakta hai, shuddh kar sakta hai, deelasa de sakta hai, aur changa kar sakta hai, balki in sabke maadhyam se, Woh hamen apne jaisa banane ke liye puri tarah se badal kar sakta hai⁴

Kuch log galtee se yah sandesh praapt kar lete hain ki pash‍chaataap ek baar kee ghatna hai. Parmeshwar ka sandesh hai ki, jaisa ki President Russell M. Nelson ne sikhaaya hai, “Pashchaataap … ek prakriya hai.”⁵ Pashchaataap aur theek hone mein samay lag sakta hai,⁶ isliye paap ko tyaagnaa⁷ aur “bura karne ka koee aur svabhaav nahin hai, lekin lagaataar achchha karne ke liye”⁸ jiwan bhar ke prayaas hain.⁹

Jeevan ek cross-country raste trip kee tarah hai. Ham gas ke ek tank par apne manzeel tak nahin pahunch sakte. Hamen tank ko baar-baar phir se barna hoga. Sacrament lena jaise kee ek gas station mein phir se barna hoga. Jab ham pashchaataap karte hain aur apnee vachano ko naveekaran karte hain, to ham aagyaon ka paalan karne kee apnee ichchha kee pratigya karte hain, aur Parmeshwar aur Masih hamen Pavitr Aatma se aashirvaad karte hain.¹⁰ Sankshep mein, ham apnee yaatra par aage badhne ka vaada karte hain, aur Parmeshwar aur Masih tank ko phir se bharne ka vaada karte hain.

Kuch log galtee se yah sandesh praapt kar lete hain ki weh puree tarah se susmaachaar mein bhaag lene ke yogye nahin hain kyunki weh buree aadaton se puree tarah mukt nahin hain. Parmeshwar ka sandesh hai ki yogyata nirdoshta nahin.¹¹ Yogyata eemaanadaar hai aur koshish karne mein. Hamen Parmeshwar, priesthood leaderon, aur hamse prem karane vaale anye logon ke saath eemaanadaar hona chahiye,¹² aur hamen Parmeshwar kee aagyaon ka paalan karne ka prayaas karna chahiye aur kabhee haar nahin maananee chahiye kyunki ham phisal jaate hain.¹³ Elder Bruce C. Hafen ne kaha ki ek Masih jaisa charitr vikasit karne ke liye “nirdoshta kee aavashyakta se adhik dhairye aur dridhata kee aavashyakta hotee hai.”¹⁴ Prabhu ne kaha hai ki Aatma ke uphaar “un logon ke laabh ke liye diye gae hain jo mujhse pyaar karte hain aur meree sabhee aagyaon ko maante hain, aur jo aisa karna chahate .”¹⁵

Ek yuvak jise main Damon kahunga ne likha: “Bada hokar, main pornograaphee se jujhta raha. Mujhe hamesha itnee sharm aatee thee ki main cheejen theek nahin kar paata tha.” Har baar jab Damon phisla, to aphsos ka dard itna teevr ho gaya ki usne khud ko Parmeshwar se kisee bhee tarah kee kripa, chama, ya atirikt avsaron ke yogyata nahin maana. Unhonne kaha: “Mainne phaisla kiya ki main har samay bhayaanak mehsoos karne ka hakdaar hoon. Mujhe laga ki Parmeshwar shaayad mujhse napharat karte hain kyunki main kadee mehnat karne aur ek baar aur sabhee ke liye sheersh par pahunchane ke liye taeyaar nahin tha. Main ek saptaah aur kabhee-kabhee ek maheene bhee jaata, lekin phir main phir se sochta aur sochta, main kabhee bhee achcha nahin ho paunga, to koshish karne se kya phaeda?”

Aise hee ek samay jab woh niraasha mehsoos kar raha tha, Damon ne apne priesthood neta se kaha: “Shaayad mujhe girjaghar aana band kar dena chahiye. Main thak gaya hoon ek paakhandee(hypocrite) hone se.”

Unke neta ne jawaab diya: “Aap paakhandee(hypocrite) nahin hain kyunki aapkee ek buree aadat hai jise aap todne kee koshish kar rahe hain. Aap ek paakhandee hain yadi aap ise chipaate hain, iske baare mein jhuth bolte hain, ya apne aap ko yah samajhne kee koshish karte hain ki Girjaghar ko aise uchch maakon ko banae rakhne mein samasya hai. Apne kaaryon ke prati eemaanadaar hona aur aage badhne ke liye kadam uthaana paakhand nahin hai. Woh shishy hona hai.”¹⁶ Is neta ne Elder Richard G. Scott ki baat bolee, jinhonne sikhaaya: “Prabhu kamzoriyon ko vidroh(rebellion) kee tulna mein alag tarah se dekhta hai. … Jab Prabhu kamzoriyon kee baat karta hai, to woh hamesha daya ke saath hota hai.”¹⁷

Us pariprekshy ne Damon ko aasha dee. Unhonne mehsoos kiya ki Parmeshwar yah kahte hue waha nahin the, “Damon ne ise phir se uda diya.” Iske bajaay, Woh shaayad kah raha tha, “Dekho, Damon kitnee dur aa gaya hai.” Is yuvak ne aakhirkaar sharm se jhukna band kar diya ya bahaane aur yuktikaran ke liye bagal mein dekhna band kar diya. Usne divye sahayata kee talash kee, aur usne use paaya.¹⁸

Damon ne kaha, “Ateet mein jab main Parmeshwar kee or muda tha to kewal chama maangna tha, lekin ab mainne anugrah bhee maanga - Uskee ‘saksham karne walee shakti.’ [Bible Dictionary, “Grace”]. Mainne pahle kabhee aisa nahin kiya tha. In dinon mainne jo kuch kiya hai uske liye khud se nafarat karne mein bahut kam samay vyateet karta hoon aur jo kuch Usne kiya hai usake liye Ishu se pyaar karne mein bahut adhik samay vyateet karta hoon.

Yah dekhte hue ki Damon ne kiane samay tak sangharsh kiya tha, yah maata-pita aur netaon ke liye “phir kabhee nahin” kahne mein madad karne ke liye anupayogee aur avaastavik tha ya manamaane dhang se “yogy” maane jaane ke liye sanyam ke kuch maanak nirdhaarit karne ke liye. Iske bajaay, unhonne chote, pahunch yogy lakshyon ke saath shuruaat kee. Unhonne sabhee-ya-kuch nahin kee ummeedon se chutakaara pa liya aur vrddhisheel vikaas par dhyaan kendrit kiya, jisne Damon ko asaphaltaon ke bajaay saphaltaon kee ek series par nirmaan karne kee anumati dee.²⁰ Usne, Limhi ke gulaam logon kee tarah, seekha ki wah “digree se safal ho sakta hai.”²¹

Elder D. Todd Christofferson ne salaah dee hai: “Kisee [bahut] badee cheez se niptane ke liye, hamen us par chote-chote dainik kaatne mein kaam karne kee aavashyakta ho saktee hai. … Hamare charitr mein naee aur achchee aadaton ko shaamil karne ya buree aadaton ya vyasanon par kaabu paane ka [sabse] adhik arth hai aaj ke prayaas ke baad dusra kal aur phir dusra, shaayad kaee dinon, maheenon aur varshon tak. … Lekin ham aisa isliye kar sakte hain kyunki ham Parmeshwar …se niwedan kar sakte hain madad ke liye hamen har din kee zaroorat hai.”²¹

Ab, bhaiyon aur bahanon, COVID-19 pandemic kisee ke liye bhee aasaan nahin rahee hai, lekin sangarodh pratibandhon se jude alagaav ne buree aadaton se jujh rahe logon ke liye jeevan ko vishesh roop se kathin bana diya hai. Yaad rakhen parivartan sambhav hai, pashchaataap ek prakriya hai, aur yogyata nirdoshta nahin hai. Sabse mahatvapurn, yaad rakhen ki Parmeshwar aur Masih yaheen aur abhee hamaree sahayata karne ke liye taeyaar hain.²²

Kuch log galtee se yah sandesh praapt kar lete hain ki jab tak ham pash‍chaataap nahin kar lete tab tak Parmeshwar sahayata karne kee prateeksha kar raha hai. Parmeshwar ka sandesh hai ki jab ham pash‍chaataap karenge to Woh hamaree madad karega. Unkee kripa hamare liye uplabdh hai “chaahe ham aagyaakaarita ke maarg mein kaheen bhee ho.”²³ Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf ne kaha: “Parmeshwar ko aise logon kee zaroorat nahin hai jo nirdosh ho. Woh unhen dhundhata hai jo apna ‘dil aur ichchuk dimaag dete hain’ [Doctrine and Covenants 64:34] aur Woh unhen ‘Masih mein siddh karega’. [Moroni 10:32–33].”²⁴

Tute aur tanaavapurn sambandhon se itne log aahat hue hain ki unke liye Parmeshwar kee dayaalu aur sahanasheelta par vishaas karna kathin hai. Weh Parmeshwar ko dekhne ke liye sangharsh karte hain kyunki Woh ek- prem karne wala Pita hai jo hamaree zaroorat mein hamen pura karta hai²⁵ aur jaanta hai ki kaise “apne maangne waalon ko achchee cheezen de.”²⁶ Unkee kripa kewal yogye ke liye ek puraskaar nahin hai. Yah wah “eeshvareey sahayata” hai jo Woh deta hai jo hamen yogye banane mein madad karta hai. Yah sirf eemandaree ke liye ek inaam nahin hai. Yah wah “shakti ki endowment” hai jo Woh deta hai jo hamen yogye banane mein madad karta hai.²⁷ Ham kewal Parmeshwar aur Masih kee ornahin chal rahe hain. Hum Unke saathchaalte hai.²⁸

Girjaghar mein, yuva log Jawaan Mahila aur Aaronic Priesthood Quorum Vishayon ka paath karte hain . New Zealand se Spain tak Ethiopia se Japan tak, jawan mahilaon kahtee hain, “Main pashchaataap ke uphaar ko palan karta hoon.” Chile se Guatemala se lekar Moroni, Utah tak, jawan purush kahte hain, “Jab main sewa karne, vishwaas karne, pashchaataap karne aur pratyek din sudhaar karne ka prayaas karta hoon, to main mandir kee aasheeshon aur susmaachaar ke sthaayee aanand ko praapt karne ke yogu ho jaoonga.”

Main un aasheeshon ka vaada karta hoon aur yah aanand vaastavik hai aur un logon ke liye pahunch ke bheetar hai jo sabhee aagyaon ka paalan karte hain aur “jo aisa chahata hai.”²⁹ Jab aapko lagta hai ki aap koshish karte rahne ke liye kai baar asaphal ho gae hain, to yaad rakhen ki Masih ka Praeshchit aur vah anugrah vaastavik hai jo ise sambhav banaata hai.³⁰ “[Uskee] daya kee baahen hain vistaarit aap ko.”³¹ Aapko pyaar kiya jaata hai—aaj, 20 saal mein, aur hamesha ke liye. Ishu Masih ke naam se, amen.

Notes

1. Dekhiye John 3:3–6; Mosiah 27:25.

2. Dekhiye Neal A. Maxwell, “I Will Arise and Go to My Father,” Ensign, Sept. 1993, 65–68.

3. Dekhiye Helaman 3:21.

4. Dekhiye 2 Corinthians 5:17; Mosiah 3:19.

5. Russell M. Nelson, “We Can Do Better and Be Better,” Liahona, May 2019, 67.

6. Dekhiye Mosiah 26:30; Moroni 6:8; Doctrine and Covenants 1:31–32.

7. Dekhiye Doctrine and Covenants 58:43.

8. Mosiah 5:2.

9. Dekhiye Jacob 6:11; Alma 15:17.

10. Dekhiye 2 Nephi 31:20; Mosiah 18:10; Doctrine and Covenants 20:77.

11. DekhiyeLuke 15:11–32; Romans 3:23–25. Elder Gerrit W. Gong ne kaha, “To be worthy does not mean to be perfect” (“Always Remember Him,” Liahona, May 2016, 109). Brigham Young University mein chaatron ko sambodhit karte hue, President Cecil O. Samuelson ne samjhaya: “Koi bhee susmaachaar [ke] arth mein puree tarah se yogye ho sakta hai aur phir bhee vyaktigat khaamiyon se nipatne ke dauraan badh raha hai. … Worthiness is vital, but it is not the same as perfection”(“Be Ye Therefore Perfect” [Brigham Young University devotional, Sept. 6, 2011], 1, 5, speeches.byu.edu). Elder Marvin J. Ashton ne kaha: “Yogyata ek prakriya hai, aur purnata ek shaashvat trek hai. We can be worthy to enjoy certain privileges without being perfect” (“On Being Worthy,” Ensign, May 1989, 20).

12. Elder Neil L. Andersen ne “samajhauta na karne walee eemaanadaaree” ka aahvaan kiya aur sikhaya, “eemaanadaaree aadhyaatmikata ka dil hai aur ise sachche aur sthaayee pashchaataap ke kendr mein hona chahiye” (The Divine Gift of Forgiveness [2019], 193, 48).

13. Elder Neil L. Andersen ne likha, “Ham kabhee-kabhee peechhe khisak sakte hain, lekin hamen jaldee aur vinamrata se apne ghutanon par vaapas aa jaana chahiye aur phir se sahee disha mein aage badhna chaahie” (The Divine Gift of Forgiveness, 208).

14. Bruce C. Hafen, The Broken Heart (1989), 186.

15. Doctrine and Covenants 46:9; zor diya gaya.

16. Dekhiye Doctrine and Covenants 10:67.

17. Richard G. Scott, “Personal Strength through the Atonement of Jesus Christ,” Liahona, Nov. 2013, 83.

18. Dekhiye Doctrine and Covenants 6:35–37.

19. President Russell M. Nelson na kaha: “Parmeshwar nahi maange ki hum long ekdam behtar abhi hoi jaao apan anant pragati me. Lekin Woh hamse aur adhik shuddh hone keeapeksha karta hai” (“We Can Do Better and Be Better,” 68; zor diya gaya).

20. Mosiah 21:16.

21. D. Todd Christofferson, “Recognizing God’s Hand in Our Daily Blessings,” Liahona, Jan. 2012, 28–29; D. Todd Christofferson bhi dekhiye, “The Divine Gift of Repentance,” Liahona, Nov. 2011, 38–41.

22. Dekhiye Joshua 1:5, 9; Isaiah 41:10; Matthew 11:28–30; 2 Nephi 28:32; Doctrine and Covenants 24:8.

23. D. Todd Christofferson, “Free Forever, to Act for Themselves,” Liahona, Nov. 2014, 19.

24. Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “Five Messages That All of God’s Children Need to Hear” (Brigham Young University devotional, Aug. 17, 2021), 3, speeches.byu.edu.

25. Dekhiye Ether 1:42–43.

26. 3 Nephi 14:11.

27. Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “The Gift of Grace,” Liahona, May 2015, 107; 2 Nephi 2:3; Jacob 4:7 bhi dekhiye. President Russell M. Nelson ne kaha, “Prabhu ko purn vishwaas kee aavashyakta nahin hai ki ham Unkee purn shakti tak pahunch praapt karen” (“Christ Is Risen; Faith in Him Will Move Mountains,” Liahona, May 2021, 102)

28. Dekhiye Deuteronomy 2:7; Matthew 1:23; Doctrine and Covenants 100:12. Elder Robert E. Wells ne likha: “Hamara Swarg ke Pita anupasthit Parmeshwar nahin hai, na hee Ishu mara hai. We aaj bhee utne hee praasangik hain jitne pahale kabhee nahin the” (The Mount and the Master[1991], 26).

29. Doctrine and Covenants 46:9.

30. Dekhiye Sheri Dew, Amazed by Grace (2015), 4.

31. 3 Nephi 9:14.