Batter my heart

I love how all of the poems we've done so far from John Donne have had a religious topic or theme.  In his poem Batter my heart, three-personed God, the speaker is clearly facing a struggle.  He is the epitome of humanity.  He longs to return once more to God, "but [is] betrothed unto [God's] enemy" (Donne, 840).  We are human, and are, by nature, inclined to sin and be tempted by evil.  The speaker of this poem recognizes the fact that he is apparently too weak to resist temptations and evils on his own.  He desperately wants to be one with God once more, but he needs help in doing so.  He wants God to literally force him back into His love and protection.  It seemed to me that the speaker is asking God to take away his free will, because he knows that, as a weak human, he will often choose evil over God.  Because he wants to please God and be with Him so badly, he's willing to give up the ability to choose for himself; he wants God to take the wheel.