There must be disagreement before we can submit, because submission essentially says, “I don’t approve of what You’re doing, but I’m going to yield to Your Authority because You outrank me.” Obeying God simply means doing what He said. When obeying God is easy and fun, it’s because He’s asking us to do something that we want to do anyway, thus there is no submission required. Now there’s nothing wrong with having an easy time of things, but if we are never submitting, then we are never accepting our place as God’s subordinates. You see, it’s only when there is a strong disagreement of wills that the importance of rank is recognized. As long as God is doing everything you want, you never bother to give much thought to His supremacy over you. This is a major problem, because God refuses to relate to you as your buddy, friend, or partner. He insists on being viewed as the Supreme Authority in your life, and He won’t invite you close to Him until you submit to His total domination. God intentionally provokes you to feel angry and upset with Him in life in order to give you the opportunity to submit. You see, while we get all huffy about God not doing what we want, we’re missing what a priceless gift this really is. We need God to royally irk us at times if we’re going to ever develop deep submission to Him, for the stronger our disapproval of God is, the deeper our submission must be before we will align with His will in a situation.