Imaandaar hamesha se Masih ke liye zinda nahin rehta tha. Us ne us waqt Masih ke liye zinda rehna shuru kiya jab Khuda Rooh-ul-Quds ne use gunaah ka ehsaas dilaya, aur jab Khuda ke be-payan fazl ke waseelay se us ne saleeb par apni jaan dete hue Najaat Dahinda ko dekha jo us ke qusooron ke liye apni jaan ka fidya de raha tha. Nai aur aasmani paidaish ke lamhay se hi insaan Masih ke liye zinda rehne ki shuruaat kar deta hai.
Yesu Imaandaron ke liye woh besh-qeemat moti hai jis ke husool ke liye hum apna sab kuch tyaag dene par aamāda ho jaate hain. Us ne hamari muhabbat ko is qadar kaamil taur par apni taraf kheench liya hai ke hamara dil ab sirf usi ke liye dhadakta hai. Hum us ke jalal ke liye zindagi guzaarna chahte hain, aur us ki Injeel ki khaatir kat marne ko bhi tayyar ho jaate hain. Woh hamari zindagi ka namoona, aik aisa saancha hai jis ke andar hum apne kirdaar ko dhaalna chahte hain.
Paulus Rasool ke yeh alfaaz aam fehm se kahin zyada gehre hain. In ka matlab yeh hai ke us ki zindagi ka maqsad aur hadaf Masih tha; balkeh is se bhi barh kar, us ki zindagi khud Masih se ibaarat thi. Aik qadeem buzurg ke alfaaz mein, woh hamesha ki zindagi ko khaata, peeta aur guzaarta tha. Yesu us ki saans tha, us ki jaan ki jaan, us ke dil ka dil, aur us ki zindagi ki zindagi.
Aik amli Masihi Imaandaar ki haisiyat se, kya aap is nazariye ke mutabiq apni zindagi basar kar sakte hain? Kya aap poori diyaanat-daari ke saath yeh keh sakte hain ke “mere liye zinda rehna Masih hai”? Aap ka kaarobaar—kya aap use Masih ke liye kar rahe hain? Kya woh khud-numaai aur khandaani mufaad ke liye to nahin? Kya aap yeh sawaal karte hain: “Kya yeh koi ghalat wajah hai?” Aik Masihi ke liye yaqeenan yeh aik ghalat wajah hai.
Woh Masih ke liye zinda rehne ka iqraar karta hai, aur yeh kaise mumkin hai ke koi Masihi roohani zina-kaari ka irtikaab kiye baghair kisi doosri cheez ke liye zinda reh raha ho? Bohat se log is usool ko kisi na kisi had tak apni zindagi mein naafiz karte hain, lekin kaun hai jo yeh kehne ki jurrat kare ke us ne Paulus ki tarah apni zindagi poori aur kaamil taur par sirf Masih ke liye basar ki hai?
Kyunkay yahi, aur sirf yahi, aik Masihi ki haqeeqi zindagi hai—us ki zindagi ka sarchashma bhi, us ki ghiza bhi, us ka tarz-e-zindagi bhi, aur us ki aakhri manzil bhi. Yun sab kuch aik hi naam mein simat aata hai: Masih Yesu.
Ae Khudawand, mujhe qubool farma; main apne aap ko tere huzoor pesh karta hoon aur teri minnat karta hoon ke main sirf tere liye zinda rehna chahta hoon. Mujhe us bail ki maanind bana de jo hal aur qurbaan-gaah ke darmiyan khara hota hai—ya‘ni kaam karne ke liye bhi tayyar aur qurbaan hone ke liye bhi. Aur mera nasb-ul-ain yahi ho: “Dono ke liye tayyar.”

In sheereen khitabaat par ghour farmaen jin ke zariye aasmani Sulaiman, ya‘ni Masih, nihayat gehri aur walihana muhabbat ke saath apni dulhan, ya‘ni Kaleesia, ko mukhatib karta hai.
“Meri pyari” — ya‘ni woh shakhsiyat jo sab se zyada qareeb hone ki wajah se sab se zyada azeez ho aur har aik kaam mein hamdardi aur ehsaas ke saath shareek ho.
Phir “meri zauja” — ya‘ni biwi, woh shakhsiyat jo izdiwaji rishte ke zariye muhabbat ke nihayat lateef magar mazboot bandhan ke saath aap se juri ho; jeevan saathi, rafeeqa aur apne hi wajood ka hissa.
“Meri pyari” ka yeh khitab us ki soorat aur shabeeh par hone ki wajah se milta hai, kyun ke tab hi woh us ki haddiyon mein se haddi aur us ke gosht mein se gosht thehri.
“Meri zauja” aasmani nisbat ke baais hai, jis ke tehat us ne humein apni raastbaazi mein hamesha ke liye apne saath mansoob kar liya.
Woh humein azal se jaanta aur ibtida hi se hamari nigehbani karta aaya hai, aur muhabbat ki baanhon mein samait kar humein hamesha ke liye apna bana chuka hai.
Mulaahiza farmaen ke hamara yeh shaahi qaraabati hum se hargiz sharminda nahin, balkeh is dohray rishte — ya‘ni qaraabat aur rishta-e-izdawaaj — dono mein apni kaamil khushnoodi ka izhaar karta hai.
Yahan lafz “meri” ki takraar goya apni Kaleesia par us ki milkiyat aur ikhtiyaar ko numaya karti hai. Charwaaha bheiron ko isi liye dhoondta hai ke woh us ki apni hoti hain, aur khoe huon ko isi liye bachane aata hai ke woh khone se pehle usi ke thay.
Kaleesia apne Khudawand ki zaat-e-aqdas ka aik khaas-ul-khaas aur munfarid hissa hai; na koi aur us ki muhabbat mein shareek ho sakta hai aur na shiraakat ka da‘wa kar sakta hai.
Pas har imaandaar in chashmon se taskeen haasil kare, kyun ke Masih Kaleesia ke saath apne isi ta‘alluq ke ilahi rishton ke baais aap ke behad qareeb hai, aur mankooha ittihad ke sabab aap us ke behad azeez hain; kyun ke us ne aap ki soorat apni dono hatheliyon par khod rakhi hai.
Aur inhi ki munasibat se woh kehta hai:
“Meri pyari, meri zauja.”
Masih ke saath apne in dono muqaddas rishton ko yaad rakhein: aik us ki shabeeh par hone ka rishta, aur doosra us ke saath rishta-e-izdawaaj mein munsalik hone ka.
Kyun ke inhi rishton ke tehat woh aap ko is qadar mazbooti se thaame hue hai ke na woh kabhi aap se dast-bardaar hota hai aur na kabhi hoga.
Lihaza, ae Masihi ki chaheeti aur mehbooba, us ki muhabbat ko dekh aur jawab mein use bhi wahi muhabbat de kar us ki ta‘zeem kar.