Everyone has a purpose everyday of their lives. Most of the time it is hidden and not brought to our concious awareness.
For example, you wake up in the morning and eat breakfast before you go to school or work. 99% of time you will do this automatically without much mental effort. If we actually break this down, we could say your purpose for eating breakfast is because your body requires it and to stop any subsequent hunger pains we might others experience if we happened to miss that particular meal.
Why I am telling you this is because purpose gives a person drive and energy and focus, whether it is hidden in our OTC (as mentioned above) or is in the 'here and now' as in the present concious.
Have you ever been really really mad at someone, and I sure you have, where the world suddenly doesn't exist for a moment and you lose track of time even if its for a brief few seconds. That focused concentration is what I believe Paul is trying to achieve when he gets us to state our purpose. To get us off our fat behinds and moving in the direction of determing whether I really want to invest my time in this book or not.
As we get older our time suddenly takes on a whole new clarity. When we are young we think we have all the time in the world but their actually comes a time in our lives where time is worth more the gold.
THE PURPOSE MENTIONED IS DESIGNED TO HELP YOU TO STOP WASTING YOUR TIME. DO YOU WANT TO READ THE BOOK OR NOT. MAKE UP YOUR MIND, DO THE READING AND MOVE ON WITH YOUR LIFE.
