Obedience is the key to Everything!

"Please note that knowledge is gained by obedience. It comes by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the gospel. In the ultimate and full sense it comes only by revelation from the Holy Ghost. There are some things a sinful man does not and cannot know." (The Seven deadlyHeresies.  Bruce R. McConkie.  Italicies added.)

Obedience brings knowledge and blessings.  Whenever we strive to obey the Lords commands he blesses us in many ways.  One particular way is when we humble ourselves the Lord will increase our strengths and remove our weaknesses:

Ether 12
27 And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them.

    Sometimes that may be a removal of a barrier that's existed.  One such for me was basketball.  Basketball was always on the bottom of my like list (next to running); it was difficult, I always failed and I hated playing that game.

    On a P-day (preparation day, a day where we somewhat take a break from missionary work) a few months ago, we were playing a game of Lightning Revenge.  As I continued to shoot, I started to recognize what I wasn't doing right and that I needed to improve my trajectory.
    That's when basketball clicked for me!  I couldn't believe it, a sport I always despised suddenly became one of my favorite pastimes!  I wasn't perfect but I had a barrier removed and a desire to improve at this particular sport. 
   I believe that had I not been exactly obedient to everything the Lord commanded me to do I wouldn't have been able to over come that obstacle.  So if you strive to do your best and be obedient, then the Lord will help you through!