WE  ALL LIVE IN A WEB OF REALATIONSHIPS DEPENDENT  UPON  OBEDIENCE TO AUTHORITY. LIKE A LOVING PARENT ,   GOD  SETS STANDARDS FOR OUR GOOD AND TO  PROTECT US FROM EVIL AND HARM.  GOD DESIRES  OBEDIENCE MOTIVATED NOT BY FEAR BUT BY LOVE AND TRUST, IRONICALLY , OBEDIENCE ACTUALLY FREES US UP TO ENJOY LIFE AS GOD INTENDED, BECAUSE IT KEEPS US FROM BECOMING ENTANGLED OR ENSLAVED TO THOSE THINGS THAT DISTRACT US HEARACHE. EVEN THOUGH GOD'S COMMAND IS SOMETIMES DIFFICULT, OR DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FROM OUR HUMAN PERSPECTIVE, OBEDIENCE WILL ALWAYS BRING BRING BLESSING, JOY AND PEACE.