1 John 5:1-6: Swimming With The Current of God's Commands

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.

This is the one who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth - 1 John 5:1-6

Why does John insist that "And his commands are not burdensome, for everyone born of God overcomes the world."? It seems to me that following his commands are burdensome. My flesh wants to do one thing, but God demands the opposite. I am taught to be suspect of my own desires because they are leading me to focus on myself rather than on what God says I should focus on: him and other people. So how does John think that the commands are not burdensome?

I'm not sure. But maybe I am looking at this statement the wrong way around. The key seems to lie in faith. "This is the victory that has overcome the world [exactly my problem] even our faith." John then goes on to say: "Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God." Hmm... What does that mean? Why does faith that "Jesus is the son of God" make his commands less burdensome? 

Maybe because faith puts me in alignment with God and God, not my desires or even my sin, is the most powerful force in the universe. That is: obeying God's commands is less burdensome because I don't want to be swimming in one direction when God is moving in the other direction. It may feel temporarily like it is less burdensome to do my own thing but ultimately the current of God's will and desire will turn the tide and I will be at cross-purposes with God--not a good place to be.

These verses are forcing me to rethink my life in terms of the macro-climate, God-centered picture rather than the micro-climate picture me-centered picture.