Why obey God?

And obey Allah and the (Prophetic) Messenger that you may obtain mercy. (3:132)

Those are the limits set by Allah, and whoso obeys Allah and His (Prophetic) Messenger, He (Allah) will make him enter Gardens (in Paradise) underneath which rivers flow, to abide therein. And that is the great success. (4:13)

O you who believe! Obey Allah and obey the (Prophetic) Messenger and those in authority from amongst you, then if you have a dispute concerning any matter, refer it to Allah and the (Prophetic) Messenger if you believe in Allah and the Last Day (of Jedgement). That is better and very good in the end. (4:59)

And whoso obeys Allah and the (Prophetic) Messenger, they will be with those to whom Allah has shown favour, of the Prophets and the Truthful and the Martyrs and the Righteous, and the best of Companions are they! (4:69)

Whoever obeys the (Prophetic) Messenger has indeed obeyed Allah; and whoever turns away, so We have not sent you as a keeper over them. (4:80)

And the believing (Muslim) men and the believing (Muslim) women are protecting friends one of another; they enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong, and they establish regular Prayer and they give the obligatory charity (Zakat), and they obey Allah and His (Prophetic) Messenger. As for these, Allah will have mercy on them. Undoubtedly, Allah is Mighty, Wise. (9:71)

And he who obeys Allah and His (Prophetic) Messenger, and has reverential awe of Allah, and keeps his duty (to Him): then these it is that are the successful. (24:52)

Say (O Beloved Prophet): �Obey Allah and obey the (Prophetic) Messenger. But if you turn away, he is only responsible for the duty placed on him and you for that placed on you, and if you obey him, you will be rightly guided. And the responsibility of the (Prophetic) Messenger is only to convey (the Message) clearly. (24:54)

And establish regular Prayer and give the obligatory charity (Zakat) and obey the (Prophetic) Messenger, so that mercy may be shown to you (from Allah). (24:56)

Death does not exist it's just mere changing from one form to another. We are part of whatever that is exist. If this existance is forever than we are too forever. In this foreverness we don't want to place ourselves as a doormats, or do we? in a place shaped like pyramid there are vast area at the base of the pyramid to fit lots of people. But that people are the "doormat" kind of people. On the opposite end, the top most end of the pyramid it can fit only one person, no more.

And whichever place we land in the end it will be very long time to endure or to enjoy. But it will end eventually, and restart again.

Allah is not a person, he is a system that we live in, our beginning as well as our end. We not supposed to oppose it, it is a system that is set that way and we are in it. The duty of messengers only to inform us of what the system is "And the responsibility of the (Prophetic) Messenger is only to convey (the Message) clearly. (24:54)" .

Allah is the Inward and the Outward, and He is everywhere wherever we go. And whatever we do for Allah - it is actually just for our own selves.

But of course unless if someone can point it out otherwise.
Salaam

agreeing with nausheen......i would add, it is something like saying why should we obey our boss in office??
Allah is the ultimate permanent boss....the rest are temporary mirages for this world.

and if you want to know why Allah asks us to obey,,,,,then it is simply because he wants us humans to live in harmony with each other and be intelligent beings as a whole

There are ways to obey God, for the first level of believers they should do what Allah has asked and never deviate from that......however for the higher level of belief Allah can be obeyed the way the birf of solomon obeyed Solomon, the way Al-khidr Obeyed Allah, the way Abraham Obeyed Allah by asking Allah to forgive people of Lot, the way Prophet Muhammad will ask for the forgivness of those in Jahannam......To know the higher path of the kingdom of Allah read the article "God's cause"
One Obeys God in whatever he does if he follows the highest path - Increasing the kingdom of Allah ie increasing the score of paradise......and if it be die and not raise ones hand against his own murderer like Abel did.
May Allah guide us all