That fact has always amazed me 1. Certainly, the obedience grows naturally from our love.
Love is the underpinning for obedience.
And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. I can only answer with scripture. And His commandments are not burdensome. If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. God does not want an on again, off again, relationship.