I wish that I had the patience to transcribe from minute 21:00 to 23:15 from this sermon by Kevin DeYoung. [You may have technical diffficulties getting to it from here. If so, go to his sermon page and find "The Holy Spirit Equips and Promises" from January 24, 2010.]
If I could summarize it, he is essentially teaching the truth of 2 Cor 3:18:
"And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit."
We become like Christ (in, among other things, his obedience) by beholding the glory of the Lord. Look at how glorious Christ is. Meditate on it. Swim in it. Gaze upon Jesus in his word and in your past and in the work he is doing around us. When we do so rightly, we find ourselves wanting to be like him. Not merely following the rules because we are supposed to--but because we really want to. And this is precisely what the Holy Spirit does: "For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit." He points our hearts to Christ and there we find joy to obey.
Kevin uses a great analogy of how when we marvel at someone truly talented at what they do (like a figure skater, or Michael Jordan in the 90s, or any other exceptional person we admire), we find in ourselves an amazement that pushes us in some degree to want to be like them. And so it is when we behold Christ.
Kevin is also making the point that becoming like one of these "greats" requires effort--but it is not an effort of loathesome burden, but of joy from inspiration.
This song is one means of so meditating on the character and value of Christ. Enjoy
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