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A few years ago the movie "Dead Poets Society" resurrected an obscure Latin phrase that most of us had forgotten: Carpe Diem.
It means Seize the Day.
It's an exhortation to live life to the fullest, getting the most out of each individual day.
If you surveyed one hundred people, probably all of them would say this is what they want from their own life.
No one wants life to be mediocre; at least not many are willing to admit it.
By nature, we want our lives to be full.
Advertisers know about this basic human desire and build it into their slogans: Who Says You Can't Have It All, Just Do It, Satisfy Your Thirst, Life Is A Journey--Enjoy the Ride and so on.
Unfortunately, many times we get so caught up in the details of day to day living that we just don't have time to seize the day!
We've got deadlines and commitments, problems and priorities, distractions and obstacles, and though we really want more fulfillment from every single day, it just doesn't seem to be within our grasp.
Well, the Apostle Paul believed in this philosophy of life--Carpe Diem--and in Philippians 3 he puts it easily within our grasp.
Here he describes his own philosophy of life.
If you follow his example, you can learn to "seize the day" and live life to the fullest, no matter how hectic your life may be.
Paul shows us three simple steps to living a more fulfilling life.
The first step is:
1) *Find Your Purpose*
In order for a business, church, organization, family, or individual to be successful, they must first know exactly what their purpose is.
A good example of this is the IRS.
Like them or not, they know their purpose for existing.
In the 1976 IRS Handbook it states: "During a state of national emergency resulting from enemy attack, the essential functions of the Service will be as follows: assessing, collecting, and recording taxes."
So while everyone panics, they'll be about doing what they always do-taking our money.
They know their purpose.
If I were to ask everyone in this room today "What is your purpose in life?"
I would probably get several different answers.
"Be a good wife or husband, be a good mother or father, provide for my family, do my job, be a good doctor, teacher, salesman, and so on."
Those answers would be good, but they are all secondary purposes.
The question is what is your primary purpose in life?
In other words, what is your reason for living?
Everything in creation has a primary purpose, or a reason for existing.
For anyone or anything to be successful, it must fulfill that purpose.
Here's an easy question.
What is the primary purpose of an ink pen?
The answer, of course, is to write.
A $95 solid-gold Cross Pen that is out of ink may be pretty to look at, but it is a failure as a pen; it is not fulfilling its purpose.
It is useless.
When it comes time to endorse your paycheck you'll bypass the gold pen, and use a 29¢ Bic that works.
Just as a pen has a primary purpose, every individual that God has created has a primary purpose.
Our lives will be without meaning--we'll be failures--unless we find out what is our purpose...our reason for living.
Paul stated his reason for living...
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