Any intimate connection carries with it implicit and explicit commands. The greater the intimacy, the greater the expectations and the desire to please. Our love relationship with God is the most intimate of all, hence the mitzvot are the commandments that bind. Just as you don't totally reconfigure any long-lasting love, so too you don't totally reconfigure ours with God. And just as all relationships grow and develop, so too does ours with God.
All connections command.
This could also be of some use for drashot on the Akeida. The early Hebrews used a knife not only to slaughter the animal but also to cut it up and use the knife like a fork, as many primitive people do. You can see here the deep connection between these two languages in their genesis from the same source. Thanks for the inspiration Arthur. Once again I've waited until the last minute.