It is only when the ego is lowered and when we are able to respect our commander do we end up obeying the orders given to us. For most it is not an easy task. Compliance or submission as it is also called is considered as a virtue which in professions like defense is mandatory. Faith and trust in the commander also comes in handy to build up the obedience skills. Some famous quotes will help you understand this virtue better.
If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.
Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media.
I cannot make the universe obey me. I cannot make other people conform to my own whims and fancies. I cannot make even my own body obey me.
I shall earnestly and persistently continue to urge all women to the practical recognition of the old Revolutionary maxim. Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.
A dogmatic belief in objective value is necessary to the very idea of a rule which is not tyranny or an obedience which is not slavery.
International affairs is very much run like the mafia. The godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn't pay his protection money. You have to have obedience; otherwise, the idea can spread that you don't have to listen to the orders, and it can spread to important places.
Better than worshiping gods is obedience to the laws of righteousness.
Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.
What is a Rechtsstaat? It is obedience to the existing law.
And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the Passover.
And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover.
