How to Live in Total Victory

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Is it possible to live in total victory over the enemy?

The Scripture tells us that we can be transformed into His likeness from “glory to glory”, but how is this possible, and how do we get to the place where we are living a life of glory to glory and total victory?

I believe many Christians not only live in defeat because they have been led to believe that grace, in a way, is God’s tolerance of minor sins that are somehow overlooked.

The Bible refutes this lie in Romans 6:1-2: “What shall we say then, shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? God forbid! How shall we who are dead to sin live any longer therein?”

If grace doesn’t mean permission to remain in sin, what does a life of victory actually look like?

The Bible calls for complete eradication of sin from our lives.

It’s called radical Christianity.

I was surprised to find how much the book of 2 Kings is a detailed overview of the Christian life and the battle against sin and idolatry in our hearts.

We read about king after king ruling over the lands of Israel and Judah, and the description is the same: 

“…they did evil in the sight of the Lord by worshiping at the altars of false gods, worshiping at the high places, burning incense, and causing their children to “pass through the fire”.

These descriptions are lightly sprinkled with kings who sought to please the Lord, but still left traces of idolatry in the land.

They wouldn’t go all the way in eradicating idolatry. 

They refused to be radical. And sadly, this invited continual defeat for the lands of Israel and Judah.

Then along came King Hezekiah.

What Made Hezekiah Different?

In the entire book of 2 Kings, we read about only one king who was able to bring total victory to the land of Judah.

King Hezekiah was as godly as his father, King Ahaz, was wicked.

By the time King Hezekiah comes on the scene as the King of Judah, Israel has been completely defeated by the Assyrians.

The people have been taken into captivity.

The Assyrians have mingled people from other nations they have conquered in the land of Samaria with Israelites.

And what resulted is what would be known as the Samaritans.

The Samaritans were a mixed breed of Israelites with these other nationalities, a result of Israel being conquered by the Assyrians because of their wickedness and refusal to fully repent before God.

King Hezekiah went throughout the land and completely destroyed every altar and every high place throughout the land of Judah.

• He completely destroyed every altar and every high place.
• He destroyed the bronze serpent Moses had made. Numbers 21:9
• He reopened the temple.
• He reinstated the priesthood and holy days.

Radical Christian living will be met with spiritual warfare

And just like what happens when we take steps in our life to eradicate sin and live radical lives for Jesus, the enemy comes calling.

In spades.

The King of Assyria came calling on Judah’s door.

Assyria was the world power at that time, and they were a force of terror, conquering nation after nation. And yet, Assyria was no match for God.

The army came marching against Jerusalem, but they never made it.

Overnight, the angel of the Lord slaughtered 185,000 Assyrians. Sennacherib went home defeated, and the land of Judah was spared.

The Assyrian army of terror was no match for the God of Israel, who rained victory down on the land of Judah as a blessing for their total obedience to His Word.

Total victory is preceded by total obedience

And the same is true for us today.

If we want to live in total victory, we must be prepared to first live in total obedience. 

I am certain that when he began to destroy the altars and high places, the people were angry.

Even more so when he destroyed the bronze serpent made by Moses, because not only was this an idol to them, it was also a relic.

It was something that had been with them for centuries and commemorated a mighty act of God.

But he knew that if he didn’t destroy it, the land of Judah would continue their worship of the serpent as a god.

I don’t believe for one moment that King Hezekiah’s campaign to completely eradicate idolatry from the land of Judah was met with praise and adoration.

What Are Your High Places?

Dear sister, if you want to live a life of total victory, you must first be willing to take the first step in total obedience.

But don’t stop at the first step!

Many Christians take the first step to total obedience and walk in it until they come upon an area of secret sin in their life that they enjoy.

Just like the other kings who left the high places or golden calves, they skip over those areas of their life and refuse to move forward in total obedience to God and then wonder why they still live in defeat.

Total victory requires total obedience, and total obedience requires doing the hard part of letting go of secret sins and guilty pleasures that hold you back from enjoying the fullness of God’s blessing in your life.

Are you ready to be a King Hezekiah?

Are you ready for radical obedience and total victory?

Are you ready to go all the way?

Not just in the areas where obedience is easy.

Not just in the areas where you’ve already surrendered.

But all the way.

Are there still “high places” in your life that you’ve allowed to remain?

Are there things God has been asking you to surrender that you’ve continued to justify, excuse, or overlook?

• Perhaps it’s an attitude you’ve held onto.
• A relationship you know isn’t healthy.
• A habit you know is pulling you away from God.
• Bitterness you don’t want to release.
• A desire for control.
• Pride.
• Fear.
• A secret sin that no one else knows about.

Whatever it is, God isn’t asking you to surrender it because He wants to take something good away from you.

He’s asking you to surrender it because He wants your whole heart.

Hezekiah couldn’t bring Judah into complete obedience while leaving the high places standing.

And we can’t experience the fullness of what God has for us while deliberately holding onto the very things He is asking us to surrender.

Total victory requires total obedience.

That doesn’t mean we will never struggle. It doesn’t mean we will never stumble. And it certainly doesn’t mean we earn God’s love or blessing by being perfect.

It means we stop making peace with the things God has called us to leave behind.

We stop settling for partial obedience.

We stop saying, “I’ll surrender everything except this.”

And we begin praying:

“Lord, show me every high place in my heart. Give me the courage to tear it down. I want You—not just part of me, but all of me.”

Are you ready to be a King Hezekiah?

Are you ready for radical obedience and total victory?

Are you ready to go all the way?

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