TENSE
Today's reading: Psalm 140-142

"Surely the godly are praising your name, for they will live in your presence." Psalm 140:13 NLT

I'm a tense person.

No, not high strung, neck tendons bulging, eyes bugged out, kind of tense person...but one who, when reading the Bible, looks at the tense a verse is written in.

Like today's verse.

Shall we diagram a sentence? Oooh, I've not done that since Junior High school.

Surely-an adverb meaning in a confident way.

The godly-that's you and I. God followers. Born again Christians. Believers in the birth, death, resurrection and reign of Jesus Christ.

Are-present tense. Something you are currently involved in. What you are doing right now.

Praising-glorifying, exalting, extolling the virtues, singing the praises of.

Your name-the name of God, in this case. Jehovah. God Almighty. The King of Kings.

For-a preposition used to describe a place someone or something is going towards.

They-the godly, again.

Will-future tense. Something that is to happen. What is going to come to pass.

Live-really live, folks. Not just breathe and beat, but draw in the very presence of the Living God in all His glory.

In-a place.

Your-referring to God, again.

Presence-a noun meaning proximity, a place, near by or in the same location.

What I see is that we, believers, should be (present tense) praising Him because of where we will be (future tense) spending eternity.

Praise has nothing, absolutely nothing to do with circumstances, present or past, but everything to do with hope!