God's children ever desire to prove themselves in ways He has not asked, and the proving weakens them for the battles He would have them to fight. It is common to achieve clean closets while leaving the issues of a dirty heart unaddressed.
You suffer guilt from your disobedience to the Lord, but your resentment (rebellion's slightly less toxic cousin) prevents you from submitting to His will. And so you place a rule of your own over your head which becomes a law you cannot keep, the law of "ought to." I ought to...clean the garage, organize my finances, lose weight... The tyranny of the "ought to's" will rule your life apart from the obedience that will allow you to abide in the Lord's grace.
Scripture: "It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery" (Galatians 5:1).
