Apne Prakaash ko Upar Uthaao
Mera aamantran aaj sadhaaran hai: susamaachar ko baato. Tum wahi raho aur apna prakaash banae rakho.
Kuch saal pahale jab main Peru kee hawai jahaaz mein tha, tab main ek svayambhoo naastik ke bagal mein baitha tha. Usne pucha kyu mein Parmeshwar par bharosa karta hu. Uske baad huee aanandamayee baatcheet mein, maine usse kaha ki main Parmeshwar mein vishvaas karta hoon kyonki Joseph Smith ne Usse dekha tha—yah jodte hue ki Parmeshwar ke baare mein mera gyaan bhee vyaktigat, vaastavik aadhyaatmik anubhav se aaya hai. Maine apna vishwaas ko unse baata “sabhee cheezen darshaati hain ki ek Parmeshwar hai”1 aur pucha ki vah prthvee par kaise vishvaas karta hai—antariksh ke nirvaat mein jeevan ka yah nakhlistaan—astitv mein aaya. Usne jawaab diya, apne shabdoh mein, “durghatna” kisi bhi yug ke samay ho sakta hai. Jab maine samjhaaya ki “durghatna” ke liye aisa adesh dena kitna asambhav hoga, to vah kuchh samay ke liye chup rahe aur phir nekdil hokar kaha,“tumne mujhe pakad liya ” Maine unse puch ki kya tum Mormon Dharamshastra padoge. Usne haa kaha, aur maine use Mormon Dharamshatsra bheja.
Kuch saalo baad maine ek naya dost banaya Lagos airport, Nigeria mein. Jab usne mera passport check kiya to hum parichit ho gae. Maine unki dhaarmik maanyataon ke baare meh pucha, aur unhone Ishwar meh drdh vishvaas ko dikhaaya. Maine Ishu Masih ke punaasthaapit susamaachaar kee khushi aur jeevantata ko unse baata aur pucha ki kya vah missionario se aur sikhna chahate hai. Uss ne haa kaha, unhe sikhaaya gaya, aur baptisma liya gaya. Ek ya doh saal baad, jaise hee main Liberia mein hawai adde se guzra, mujhe apna naam pukaarne kee aavaaz sunaee dee. Mein ghoom kar dekha, aur vahee yuvak ek badee muskaan ke saath paas aaya. Hum khushi-khushi gale mile aur usne mujhe bataaya ki vah Church mein sakriy hai aur apni premika ko padhaane ke liye missionary ke saath kaam kar raha hai.
Ab, Mujhe nahin pata ki mere naastik mitra ne kabhee Mormon Dharamshastra padhee ya Church mein shaamil hue. Mera doosre dost ne kiya. Dono ke liye, meri jimmedaaree2—mera avsar—ek hee thee: saamaany, svaabhaavik tareeke se pyaar karna, baatna, aur aamantrit karna—susamaachaar kee, roshnee ko banae rakhna.3
Bhaiyo aur bahanon, maine susamaachaar baatne kee aasheeshon ka anubhav kiya hai, aur ve yaadgaar hain. Yahan hai kuch vichaar.
Susamaachaar baantne se khushi aur aasha miltee hai
Aap dekhte hai, ki aap aur main jaante hain ki hum is dharti par aane se pahale apne Svargeey Pita ke bachchon ke roop mein rahate the aur yah ki prthvee4 ko pratyek vyakti ko shareer praapt karne, anubhav praapt karne, seekhne aur anant praapt karne ke liye badhne ka avsar dene ke uddeshy se banaaya gaya tha. jeevan—Parameshvar ka jeevan.5 Svargeey Pita jaante the ki hum prthvee par peedit honge aur paap karenge, isliye Unhonne Apne Putr ko bheja, jiska “atulaneey jeevan”6 aur anant praayashchit balidaana7 humen kshama karna, changa karna, aur sampoorn banaana sambhav banaata hai.8
In sachhai ko jaanna jeevan badalne vaali baat hai! Jab koee insaan jeevan ke gauravshaalee uddeshy ko seekhta hai, yah samajhta hai ki Masih un logon kee sahaayata karta hai jo uska anusaran karte hain, aur bapatisma ke jal mein Masih ka anusaran karne ka chunaav karte hain, to jeevan behatar ke liye badal jaata hai—tab bhee jab jeevan kee paristhitiyaan nahin hotee hain.
Nigeria ke Onitsha mein meree mulaakaat ek khushamijaaj bahan se huee, jisne mujhe bataaya ki jab se usne susamaachaar seekha aur bapatisma liya (aur mein uske shabd istemaal karta hu), “Mere liye sab kuchh achchha hai. Main khush hoon Mein swarg mein hu.”9 Susamachar ko baantne se dene vaale aur paane vaale donon ke man mein khushee aur aasha milti hai. Sachmuch, “tera aanand kitna bada hoga”10 jab aap susamaachaar baathe ge! Susamaachar ko baatnaa aanand par aanand hai, aasha par aasha hai.11
Susamaachaar baatne se Humaare Jeevan mein Parmeshwar kee shakti aatee hai
Jab humne bapatisma liya, to hum mein se pratyek ne Parmeshwar ke saath12 uskee “seva karne aur uskee raksha karne ke liye ek shaashvat vaada kiya,”13 is meh shaamil hai “[Unke] gavah ke roop meh khadhe honahar waqt aur sabhi cheejon meh, aur sabhi jaghao meh.”14 Jab hum is vaadoh ka paalan karte hue usmen “nivaas” karte hain, to eeshvareeyata kee shakti humaare jeevan mein Masih se pravaahit hoti hai, jaise ek shaakha daakhlata se paalan poshan praapt kartee hai.15
Susamaachaar Baantna Humen Pralobhan se Bachaata hai
Prabhu ne aadesh diya:
“Isliye, apane prakaash ko upar uthaao ki yah duniya ko chamka sake. Dekho main vah prakash hoon jise tum thaame rahana—vahee jo tum ne mujhe karte hue dekha hai. …
“… Main ne aagya dee hai ki … tum mere paas aao, ki tum anubhav karke dekho; waisa hee tum jagat se bhee karna; aur jo koee is aagya ko todta hai vah pareeksha ka bhaagee hota hai.”16
Susamaachaar kee prakash ko roke na rakhne ka chunaav humen chhaaya mein le jaata hai, jahaan hum pralobhan ke prati adhik sanvedanasheel hote hain. Mahatvapoorn roop se, converse satye hai: susamaachaar ke prakaash ko dhaaran karne ka chunaav humen us prakaash ke kareeb le jaata hai aur vah suraksha jo pralobhan ke viruddh pradaan karti hai. Aaj kee duniya mein kya hee jabaradast aasheesh hai!
Susamaachaar baantne se changaee miltee hai
Bahan Tiffany Myloan ne bhaaree vyaktigat sangharshon ke baavjood missionaries ko samarthan dene ka nimantran sveekaar kar liya, jismen unke vishvaas ke baare mein prashn bhee shaamil the. Usne haal hee mein mujhe bataaya ki missionaries ka samarthan karne se uske vishvaas aur kalyaan kee bhaavna ka naveeneekaran hua hai. Apni shabdoh mein, “Missionary ka kaam itna changaee dene vaala hai.”17
Khushyaali. Aasha. Eshwar se shakti dhaaran karna. Pralobhan se bachaav. Changaai. Yah sab—aur isse bhee adhik (paapon kee kshama sahit)18—jab hum susamaachaar baat the hain, tab hum par swarg se aasavan(distill) karte hain.
Ab, Humaare Mahaan Avsar ke taraf ghumna
Bhaiyon aur bahanon, “bahut saare hai … sabhee … paartiyon, [sampradaayon,] aur sampradaayon mein se kaee aise hain … jinhen keval saty se door rakha jaata hai kyonki ve nahin jaante ki ise kahaa khojna hai.”19 Prakaash ko thaame rakhne kee aavashyakata puri maanav itihaas mein kabhee bhee adhik nahin rahee hai. Aur sachchai kabhee bhee adhik sulabh nahin rahee.
Jimmy Ton, jo Buddhist huea karta tha, ek aise parivaar se prabhaavit the, jinhonne YouTube par apne jeevan ko share kiya. Jab unhen pata chala ki ve Antim-Dinon ke Santon ke Ishu Masih ke Church ke sadasye hain, to unhonne sweyam hee Online susamaachaar ka adhyayan kiya, aap par Mormon Dharamshstra padi, aur college mein missionaries se milne ke baad bapatisma liya.20 Elder Ton ab ek full-time missionary hai.
Vah aur uske saathee missionaries duniya bhar mein prabhu kee bataaliyan—hain prophet ke baat dahuraane ke liye21 Ye missionaries duniya kee pravrtti ko kam karte hain: jabki surveys report karte hain ki Gen Z Bhagavaan se door ho rahe hain, 22 hamaare alag yoddhaa 23bujurg aur bahanen logon ko Bhagvaan kee or mod rahe hain. Aur Church ke sadasyon kee badhatee sankhya missionaries ke saath milkar susamaachaar ko baatthe rahee hai, adhik se adhik mitron ko Masih aur unke Church mein aane mein madad kar rahee hai.
Liberia mein humaare priye Antim-dinon ke Sant sadasyon ne 10 maheenon ke dauraan 507 mitron ko bapatisma ke jal mein pravesh karne mein madad kee, unke desh mein koee full-time missionaries seva nahin kar raha tha. Jab Liberia mein humaare ek adbhut stake president ne suna ki full-time missionaries laut rahe hain, to unhone kaha: “are achchha, ab ve humaare kaam mein hummare madad kar sakte hain.”
Vah sahee hai: Israel ka ekatr hona—prthvee par sabse bada kaarna24—humaarevachan kee jimmedaaree hai. Yah hummara samay hai! Mera aamantran aaj sadhaaran hai: gospel ko baato. Tum wahi raho aur apna prakaash banae rakho. Swarg kee sahaayata ke liye praarthna karen aur aadhyaatmik preranaon ka paalan karen. Apne jeevan ko saamaany roop se aur svaabhaavik roop se sahre karen; kisee any vyakti ko aane aur dekhne, aane aur madad karne, aur aane aur sambandhit hone ke liye aamantrit karen.25 Aur aanandit ho jaise ki aap aur jinhen aap pyaar karte hain vaada kiye gae aasheervaad praapt karte hain.
Main jaanta hoon, ki deenon ko ye shubh samaachaar Masih mein sunae jaate hain; Masih mein toote man bandhe hue hain; Masih mein bandhuon ke liye ghoshit svatantrata hai; aur Masih mein, keval Masih mein, shok karanevaale raakh ke badae shobha dete hain.26 Isiliye, in baaton ko humaare baare mein sabhee ko bataane kee bahut aavashyakata hai!27
Main gawahi deta hoon ki Ishu Masih hummare vishvaas ke lekhak aur khatm karne vaale hain.28 Vah poora karega, vah poora karega, humaare vishvaas ka abhyaas—chaahe vah kitna bhee apoorn ho—susamaachaar kee jyoti ko thaame rahane mein Vah humaare jeevan mein aur un sabhee ke jeevan mein chamatkaar karega jo Vah ikattha karta hai, kyonki Vah chamatkaaron ka Parameshvar hai.29 Ishu Masih ke pavitra naam se, amen.