Why Does God Have the Right to Expect Obedience?

Why does He have that right?

Because He is God. 

Now the Lord who created the universe, the God who sits on the throne of the universe, the God who has "all power...in heaven and in earth," if that God is who we believe He is, if He is who the Bible teaches He is, the very fact that He is God means that He has the right to command and expect implicit, unquestioned obedience on the part of His subjects.

Who am I to presume to know better than God what is best for me? Who am I to question the wisdom and judgment of God? 

If God commands, He is right. If God gives the orders, He cannot make a mistake.

Because He Has Redeemed Us.

He has redeemed us and saved us by the precious blood of Jesus Christ. God tells us, "Ye are not your own. For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's" (I Cor. 6:19,20).

When I look at Calvary and hear that cry, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" I remember that I am not my own. It is the price of my redemption, and I feel like falling down at the feet of Jesus, taking those nail-pierced feet into my arms and saying, "Lord, I ask no greater privilege than to go with You anywhere and to do anything You say!"