Ultimate Authority

Obviously this is something I struggle with and I believe and lot of other folk struggle with. At my church we teach on the seven checkpoints as the "quintessential minimum." One of these is "Ultimate Authority" which seeks to unpackage the truth that maximum freedom is found when we place our lives under God's authority. This checkpoint among all the others is very difficult to grasp and even harder to live out in life. I, in particular, am very bad at submission. I feel God's call on my life and the leadership that he has bestowed me and fly when I get to lead so naturally submission to God or to any other authorities is laborious and contrived most often. The concept is almost completely anti-logical- this idea that when we yield to God and submit to His will then we experience true freedom. So we must become a slave to Christ to be free? That sounds biblical...
The more I think about it the more I realize it is a pride issue for me- 'I am no slave!' I think to myself- I keeps me in some false sense of purpose and creates a faux sense of self. Ouch. I guess it is time for me to get on my knees- humbled and real again- acknowledge God's vast wisdom and submit to the deep chasm of grace. Then maybe I will see some more freedom in my life and experience some more clarity in my vocation and ambitions toward God's work on earth. May I have the courage to bow, the wisdom to submit, the guts to survive, the intimate illumination of truth from God and finally experience more and more the freedom awaiting me. May all those that truly seek Him find freedom.