“I wonder if I dare say this! There are a few in this room who were once under My Instruction and you thought I was fierce. You thought My Inflexibility for Obedience to the Law was terrific.
Well, maybe it was from the human standpoint; but remember! in Our Search for the Light, We do not consider the human viewpoint.
If We did, We would not get far, would We?
Therefore, Beloved Ones, as the Great Law has seen fit to send Me forth into your midst, I trust you will think better of Me than you did before.
I am not so fierce as you might think; but, Dear Ones, if you knew, if you saw what My Inflexibility has meant to those who come to Us through the centuries, then I think you would love Me too.
You know, there are certain natures that unless you are inflexible, they will not even listen to you. Take yourselves for instance.
If I were to walk up to you and say: “Now here, you look at Me. You give Obedience now, or you are going to get what is coming to you.” – how many of you would like Me for it? Would you not think that I were overstepping the bounds a little?
But do you know what that very statement might mean to you if you could accept it in the spirit of Love and Kindness in which it was given?
My Dear Ones, you are learning Obedience, true enough; but you still need to give more Obedience.
Where?
To this Light which beats your Heart; which is your Life; and which is the Law of Life acting in your mind, body, and your world.
That is where the Obedience becomes the mightiest thing in human experience, because without Obedience to the Law of Life , you are constantly interrupting Its flow by your power of qualification; by the misuse of your physical sight, your vision;
and by the inability – notice – by the inability to control your attention.”
Serapis Bey
The Mark Of God: Understanding Your "I AM Presence" 