by force to make Him king

Been dying for a Lost reference, so here goes. In the pilot, Jack discusses his tactic for handling fear. It's a simple count to five after which he does not allow fear anymore time. That is a perfect picture of the struggle of faith. It is listening to God for direction. It is letting Him remove all of the potential distractions. It is then making that countup to faith before cowboying up and not letting liar have any more time with you.

You can talk about free will all you want, because it's an integral part to faith. Having the choice on whether or not to subject that will to His will is what it is all about.