You're right!
One of my favorite authors writes, "Governed by God, man is self-governed."
We used to play a good game with our kids ~ "Who's in Charge?" so they'd have a respect for authority and the pecking order in general.
Wherever we went ~ church, school, shopping, friends' homes ~ we'd establish who's in charge, which ultimately always brought it home to the fact that God is in charge, and our freedom is only in proportion to their understanding of that fact.
Excellent, and so true!