Men do not speak life naturally. We casually employ the vocabulary of the grave to describe our appetite. A man says, "I am dying for a plate of chicken rice." A student makes an error and says, "I am dead."

We use the language of the end to describe a simple meal or a temporary problem. We do this so often that the abnormal feels completely normal.

But God designed human words to carry literal weight.

The Bible calls believers kings and priests. Where the word of a king goes, power follows. God put the authority of life and death in our mouths, not His.

"Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit." Proverbs 18:21 (NKJV)

David understood this rule. When he faced Goliath, he did not just throw a rock. He spoke the outcome first. He told the giant exactly what he would do to him, and he announced that the Lord would deliver the victory. The giant fell to a boy who knew the power of his own mouth.

Cease the use of the language of death to describe your circumstances. Speak life.

You cannot govern a kingdom with the vocabulary of a defeated man.