Who's in control?

I recently read commentaries from http://www.bible.org/ on 2 Kings 4:8-36 (The Shunmmite's Son restored to Life) and Matthew 5:1-16 (Sermon on the Mount). I have also been reading Gal. 5:16-26 (Life by the Spirit). It seems to me as I encounter more scripture and view it through a new filter emerging within me especially within the last year, there is a common theme. I am not sure what to call it, maybe a Spirit led life? A life led not by our feelings, but by experience and obedience. A life that confronts our fears (some obvious to us and others deeply embedded) and takes risks to trust Christ with them. A very vulnerable life. It's so scary to look at life as if "anything goes." At least we find some comfort or something when we think we can control it, or try to control it. It's scary to learn more about my lack of control and my desire to control. I now understand the significance of learning more about finding rest in the Lord. It's not so much that these truths are new to me as much as it is my understanding of them is different.