Colossians 1:28
“Masih mein kaamil.”
Ae imandaar, kya tu apni rooh mein yeh mehsoos nahin karta ke kamaal tujh mein nahin hai? Kya har din tujhe yeh nahin sikhata ke teri aankh se girne wala har aansoo tere adhoore pan ka maatam karta hai aur tere labon se nikalne wala har sakht lafz teri khaami ka pata deta hai? Tu ne itni baar apne dil-e-natawan ka haal dekha hai ke tu apni zaat mein kisi kamaal ka khwab bhi nahin dekh sakta, lekin is afsosnaak ehsaas ke darmiyan tere liye tasalli ki baat yeh hai ke tu Masih mein kaamil hai, yani Masih mein ho kar tu Khuda ki nazar mein kaamil hai aur isi waqt Aziz mein maqbool hai. Taham ek doosra kamaal abhi haasil hona baqi hai jiska wada sab imandaron se kiya gaya hai, aur yeh wada kitna pur-masarrat hai, yani us waqt ka intezar jab gunaah ka har daagh imandaar ki zindagi se hamesha ke liye mit jaega aur use takht ke saamne be-aib, be-daagh, be-jhri aur kaamil cheez ke taur par pesh kiya jaega. Us waqt Masih ki kaleesia itni paak hogi ke Aleem-ul-Kul Khuda ki aankh bhi us mein koi nuqs ya dhabba na paegi, yani woh itni muqaddas aur shandaar hogi ke us ke baare mein shaair ne bilkul sach kaha, “Masiha ki khal‘at pehan kar main ab to Quddus jaisa ban gaya ho bahoo.” Tab hi hum is jaame magar mukhtasar jumle ki khushi ka zaiqa chakh kar mehsoos karenge ke Masih mein kaamil hone ka asal matlab kya hai, tab hi hum Yesu ki nijaat ki bulandiyon aur gehraiyon ko poori tarah samajh paenge. Kya is khayal se tera dil khushi se uchhal nahin padta? Jitna tu aaj siyah hai, ek din utna hi safed hoga, aur jitna tu aaj napaak hai, ek din utna hi saaf hoga. Yeh kaisi hairat angez nijaat hai ke Masih ek paapi ko leta hai aur use farishte jaisa paak bana deta hai, woh ek siyah aur badsoorat cheez ko apni qudrat ke zariye aisa naadir o be-misaal bana deta hai ke woh us ke jalal mein be-nazeer aur saraafimon ki rifaqat ke laaiq ho jae. Pas ae meri rooh, saabit qadam reh aur Masih mein kamaal ki is babarkat sachai ki sataish kar.
Luke 2:20
“Aur charwaahay jaisa un se kaha gaya tha waisa hi sab kuch sun kar aur dekh kar Khuda ki tamjeed aur hamd karte hue laut gaye.”
Un ki hamd ka mauzoo kya tha? Unhon ne us khabar ke liye Khuda ki tamjeed ki jo unhon ne abhi abhi suni thi, yani woh bari khushi ki basharat ke un ke waste ek Munji paida hua hai; aao hum bhi un ki pairwi karein aur is baat par shukarguzari ka geet gaayein kyun ke hum bhi Yesu aur us ki nijaat ke baare mein sun chuke hain. Unhon ne jo kuch dekha us ke liye Khuda ki hamd ki, aur sab se sheereen moseeqi wahi hoti hai jo hamare shakhsī tajrube par mabni ho, yani jo kuch hum ne apne andar mehsoos kiya aur jise hum ne apna liya ho, jaisa ke Zaboor nawis kehta hai ke main wahi mazameen sunaunga jo main ne Badshah ke haq mein qalam-band kiye hain. Yesu ke baare mein sirf sunna kaafi nahin, kyun ke mehaz sunne se barbat ke taar to chhede ja sakte hain magar poori raagni sirf zinda imaan ki ungliyan hi paida karti hain, is liye agar tu ne imaan ki us baseerat se jo Khuda ki taraf se milti hai Yesu ko dekha hai to barbat ke taaron par makri ke jaalay na lagne de balkeh us bare fazl ki hamd ke liye apne sitaar aur barbat ko bedaar kar. Ek nuqta jiske liye unhon ne Khuda ki hamd ki woh un baaton ke darmiyan mutabiqat thi jo unhon ne suni aur dekhi thin; ae imandaar, aakhri jumle par ghaur kar, jaisa un se kaha gaya tha. Kya tu ne Injil ko apne andar bilkul waisa hi nahin paaya jaisa Bible ne kaha tha ke yeh hogi? Yesu ne kaha tha ke woh tujhe aaraam dega aur kya tu ne us mein sheereen tareen itminaan nahin paaya? Us ne kaha tha ke tujhe us par imaan lane se khushi, tasalli aur zindagi milegi, kya tu ne yeh sab kuch haasil nahin kiya? Kya us ki rahein zindagi ki rahein aur us ke sab raste salamti ke nahin hain? Yaqeenan tu bhi Saba ki Malika ki tarah keh sakta hai ke mujhe to aadha bhi nahin bataya gaya tha, kyun ke main ne Masih ko us se kahin zyada sheereen paaya hai jitna us ke khadimon ne bayan kiya tha; main ne us ki tasveer ko waisa hi dekha jaisa unhon ne pesh kiya tha magar woh us ki haqeeqi zaat ke muqable mein mehaz ek adhoora naqsh thi, kyun ke Badshah apne husn o jamaal aur jalal mein tamam tasawwurati khoobsurti se barh kar hai; yaqeenan jo kuch hum ne dekha hai woh un baaton ka ashar-e-ashir bhi nahin jo hum ne aaj tak suna hai. Pas aao, hum is Nijaat Dihinda ke liye jo itna qeemti aur sahib-e-jalal hai, Khuda ki tamjeed aur hamd karein.