Psalm 138:5
"Wo khudawand ki rahon ka geet gayain ge."
Masihi log Khudawand ki raahon ka geet tab gaana shuru karte hain jab woh pehli baar saleeb ke qadmon mein aa kar apna bojh utaarte hain. Yahan tak ke farishton ke geet bhi itne sheereen maloom nahin hote jitna ke Khuda ke maaf kiye gaye farzand ki rooh ki gehraiyon se nikalne wala khushi ka pehla geet sheereen hota hai. Aap jaante hain ke John Bunyan ne is manzar-naame ko kaise bayan kiya tha. Woh kehta hai ke jab bechaare musaafir ka bojh saleeb ke paas gir gaya, to us ne khushi ke maare teen baar bari uchhal-kood ki aur yeh gaate hue apni raah li:
“ Mubarak saleeb! Mubarak qabr!
Par is se bhi zyada mubarak hai woh
jo hasti wahan meri khaatir hui,
ruswa, zaleel, sharminda aur khwaar! ”
Ae imandaar, kya tujhe woh din yaad hai jab teri beriyan gir gayi thin? Kya tujhe woh jagah yaad hai jahan Yasu tujh se mila aur us ne kaha, “Main ne tujh se abadi muhabbat rakhi hai. Main ne teri khataon ko baadal ki tarah aur tere gunahon ko kaali ghata ki tarah mita dala hai. Woh ab kabhi tere khilaaf yaad nahin kiye jaayenge.” Aah! Woh kitna sheereen waqt hota hai jab Yasu gunaah ka dukh door kar deta hai. Jab Khudawand ne pehli baar mere gunaah maaf kiye, to main itna khush tha ke main khud ko naachne se badi mushkil se rok paaya. Us ke ghar se, jahan main ne azaadi paayi thi, apne ghar wapsi ke raaste par, main ne socha ke mujhe gali ke pathron ko apni nijaat ki gawahi zaroor sunaani chahiye. Meri rooh khushi se is qadar labrez thi ke main aasman se girne wale barf ke har gaale ko Yasu ki us hairat angez muhabbat ke baare mein batana chahta tha jis ne mujh jaise bare gunahgaar ke gunaahon ko dho dala tha.
Lekin yeh sirf Masihi zindagi ka aaghaz nahin hai jahan imandaron ke paas geet gaane ki koi khaas wajah hoti hai; woh jab tak zinda rehte hain, unhein Khudawand ki raahon mein geet gaane ke asbaab ja-ba-ja milte rehte hain, aur us ki musalsal shafqat ka tajurba unhein yeh kehne par majboor karta rehta hai ke, “Main har waqt Khudawand ko mubarak kahunga. Us ki sataish hamesha meri zubaan par rahegi.” Ae qaari, dekhna ke aaj tu Khudawand ki sataish karne aur use mubarak kehne se ek lamha bhi ghaafil na rahe.
“ Jab tak hum is zameen par chalte rahenge
Naye naye geeton se hamd karte rahenge.”
2 Samuel 1:26
"Teri mohabbat meray liay ajeeb thi."
Aaiye, azeez qaari! Hum mein se har ek Yunanthan ki nahin, balkay Yasu ki ajeeb muhabbat ki gawahi de. Hum woh baatein bayan nahin karenge jo humein batayi gayi hain, balkay un cheezon ka zikr karenge jin ka hum ne Masih ki muhabbat mein khud tajurba kiya aur jinhein khud chhua aur chakha hai. Ae Yasu, teri muhabbat mere liye us waqt ajeeb thi jab main tujh se door, bargashta, gumraah aur anjaan ho kar apni jismani o zehni khwahishaat ko poora kar raha tha. Teri muhabbat ne mujhe us gunaah se roka jo maut tak pohanchata hai, aur mujhe khud ko halaak karne se bachaye rakha. Teri muhabbat ne us waqt bhi kulhaari ko roke rakha jab adl ne kaha, “Ise kaat daalo! Yeh zameen ko kyun ghere rahe?”
Teri muhabbat mujhe biyaban mein le aayi, wahan mujhe barahna kiya, aur mujhe mere gunaah ke jurm aur badkaari ke bojh ka ehsaas dilaya. Jab main sakht haraasaan tha, to teri muhabbat ne yeh tasalli bhare alfaaz mujh se kahe, “Mere paas aa, aur main tujhe aaraam doonga.”
Aah! Teri muhabbat kitni be-misaal thi jab ek hi lamhe mein tu ne mere gunaahon ko dho dala; aur meri us napaak rooh ko, jo meri moroosi aur paidaishi gunaah ke sabab se qarmizi aur meri khataon ki gard se siyah thi, tu ne baraf ki maanind safed aur ujli oon ki tarah paak kar diya. Tu ne mere kaanon mein sargoshi karte hue mujhe shakhsan taur par apni muhabbat ka saboot diya jab kaha, “Main tera hoon aur tu mera hai.” Woh lehja kitna mehrbaan aur sheereen tha jab tu ne farmaya, “Baap bhi tujh se muhabbat rakhta hai.” Aur woh lamhaat kitne pur-kaif aur mashoor-kun the jab tu ne mujh par “Rooh ki muhabbat” ko zaahir kiya.
Meri rooh teri ilahi rifaaqat ke un khalwat-khaanon ko kabhi nahin bhoolay gi jahan tu ne apni zaat ko mujh par aashkaar kiya. Kya Musa ke paas chattan ka woh shagaaf tha jahan us ne apne Khuda ki jhalak dekhi thi? Hamaare paas bhi chattan ke woh shagaaf (zakhm) maujood hain jahan hum ne Masih ki zaat mein uloohiyat ke mukammal jalaal ka apni aankhon se mushahida kiya hai. Kya Dawood ko jangli bakriyon ke raaste, Yardan ki sar-zameen aur Harmuniyon ke pahaad yaad thay? Humein bhi woh jaghein azeez hain jo barkat mein un ke barabar balkay un se kai guna barh kar hain.
Ae pyare Yesu! Is maheene ke aaghaz par humein apni is hairat angez muhabbat ka ek taaza ghoont ata farma. Ameen!