You’re right, we have made Him our righteous Savior, but too frequently we Christians forget about the Lord part, the obedience part.
And there immediately is obvious a problem here. “Made Him.” Well, some Jews tried to “make Him” a king. He refused. Wrong attitude; He came to be a spiritual driver, not a medium for men to drive other men by.
“Permit Him” is the key. Yes, permit... God allows us to stop accepting His love if we heap our prides up high enough. But this is believing like a child believes, which is exactly what the Lord has commended.