"You call me "Teacher" and "Lord," and rightly so, for that is what I am." John 13:13.
If the Lord insisted on my obedience He would simply become a taskmaster and cease to have any real authority. He never has insisted on my obedience, but when I truly see Him I instantly obey Him. He insists only on my placement. Then, He is easily Lord of my life, stress free and all in, and I live in adoration of Him from Morning to Night. I have found that the level of my growth in grace is revealed by the way I look at obedience. I should have a much higher view of obedience, rescuing it from the muck and mire of the World.
Obedience has become easier for me as I realize God from an equal stance in our relationship to one another; Like that between Father and Son, not in parallel to Master and Servant. Jesus has shown this example to me in John 10:30, "I and my Father are one."
"Tho, He was a Son, Jesus learned obedience thru the things He suffered." Heb. 5:8. The Son was obedient as Our Redeemer, because He was the Son, not in order to become God's Son. As He procured His position obedience ran after Him, and from that God was "well pleased." I thank God He is "well pleased" with me, for obedience is not a burden to me but a chasing from a placement realized and respectfully honored to have. God is so awesome....I love Him so. Thank You Lord!