Before anything else: God loves you the exact same amount on the day you obey right away and on the day you forget.
You know the seatbelt in the car? It tightens. It bugs your neck. It pins you to the seat right when you wanted to turn around and talk.
If you only think about that, the seatbelt seems annoying.
But the seatbelt has just one job, and almost every day it doesn't even need to do anything. It just sits there quietly, trip after trip, waiting for the day the car brakes suddenly. On that day, it holds you.
God's rules are like that. They seem annoying when the day is calm. They seem silly when nothing wrong is happening. And then, on a hard day, they hold you.
Whoever invented the seatbelt didn't want to ruin your ride. They wanted you to arrive. God is like that with His rules. He wants you to arrive in one piece.
And here's something important: Jesus never asked us to obey so that He would start liking us. He said it like this: if you love me, keep my commands. Love comes first. Obeying is a way of saying thank you.