Did Jesus control people?

I just recently heard another person talk about someone who was asking that Jesus take control of her.  Is this really our goal in the Christian life that Jesus would control me?  These people who say this are well-meaning and often have a sincere love for Jesus.  We have a common deception in our society that we can control other people.  One writer said this is the most common sickness in our society, believing we can control other people or should.  Trying to control others leads to a lot of stress when we are confronted with the reality that others are free will human beings who can make choices we don't like.  I am confronted with this when my son decides to finish his breakfast by licking the syrup off of his plate, he has a free will and he is powerful whether I like the choices he makes or not.  I can threaten him about his syrup licking and imply some kind of punishment, at the core though this is an attempt to control him.  As the Lord exposes worry and anxiety in my life, I realize that much of this worry and anxiety comes from taking responsibility for things I can't control or my feeling responsible for other people's choices that I definitely can't control.  If I am going to be powerful as a person I must recognize that others are powerful and were made by God this way.  A two year old is discovering that he is powerful and can make choices, attempting to stick the cat in the toilet is exercising his power till the cat exercises hers by scratching the little boy and escaping.  It is the Enemy that seeks to put people in bondage and slavery, where the Bible says where the Spirit of the Lord is there is freedom (2 Corinthians 3:17).  Could it be that our attempts to control others is actually part of the Enemy's strategy to lead others into bondage, rather than learning how to live with other free people who can make bad choices that affect us.  If the goal of the Christian life is to be controlled by Jesus, than why did God put the tree of the knowledge of good and evil right in the middle of the garden of Eden next to the Tree of Life.  We see that Moses was a type of Christ as a deliverer to the nation of Israel in bondage in Egypt.  Throughout the Scripture we see this theme of God giving people freedom to make really bad choices, instead of controlling them so they can't.  We often justify our control of others, that it is in the best interest or they need to be protected.  There are certainly extreme situations that it is the best and most loving choice to step in but often at other times it is simply our fear of the other person making a bad choice.  I have made my share of bad choices, these are probably the times I have learned the greatest life lessons and yet it was painful.  It is interesting that the most common question Jesus asked people while He was on the earth was:  What do you want? (or some form of it).  Jesus is interested in their desire, not attempting to control them to get them to want what they are supposed to want (religion).  Actually the root Latin word for religion (religio) means to bind.  A religious spirit is actually dangerous to a vital relationship with Jesus because there is an exertion of control to get a person to choose the right or good choice.  This is actually a derivative of the Tree of knowledge of good and evil, which depends on the resource of flesh rather that the Spirit of God living within a believer.  In John 8:36 the Word says, "So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed."

You are free "in Christ",
Bret