The Psalmist portrays the creation obeying God's will. Praise the LORD from the earth, you great sea creatures and all ocean depths, lightning and hail, snow and clouds, stormy winds that do his bidding . . . Even a plant and a little worm did what God commanded. But the prophet stubbornly wanted his own way. John writes to us about the necessity of walking in the light Christ provides.
Obedience is the means of walking in the light.
Obedience Begins with Christ Obedience begins and ends with what we believe about Jesus Christ. John continually impresses upon us that we must believe Jesus is real. In chapter one, John testifies to the reality of Christ. He had seen him with his eyes and looked at him, he had heard him teach and he had touched him. Believing that Christ was born of God is the basis for our rebirth.