Obedience through Surrender

I have been learning to obey, not in hope of something better, or some more ideal outcome, but rather, simply for obedience sake with no expectation of anything in return. I am seeing that, for me personally, to do otherwise is a sophisticated form of control—an attempt to manipulate—which I have been in a multiple-years long journey to surrender. For me, this simpler form of obedience is a truer, deeper form of surrender. It is a life-long journey of revealing and responding.