Submission

44So I will keep Your law continually,
Forever and ever.
45And I will walk at liberty,
For I seek Your precepts.
46I will also speak of Your testimonies before kings
And shall not be ashamed.
47I shall delight in Your commandments,
Which I love.
48And I shall lift up my hands to Your commandments,
Which I love;
And I will meditate on Your statutes.
Psalm 119

To delight in commandments? To delight in submission to authority?

It's rather counter-intuitive, if not Orwellian. Freedom = slavery. Ignorance = strength.

But it's true. It is through submission to His law -- no, delighting in His law -- that we find true freedom and happiness. It is through submission that we find true freedom from sin.

And we don't have to be afraid of submission to the Lord, as we would submission to men, for He will never abuse His authority over us. For when we call Him "Master", He breaks off the shackles of our fallen condition. When we kneel before Him, He lifts us up. The boot of the Lord is never on our necks.