I was singing, 'Turn it over to Jesus' while washing the dishes.  It is a song my grandma used to sing, as she worked around the yard.  We've sung it many times over in church, I can recall.  I pondered on the words of the song for awhile, and then I started thinking about why a response to an altar call, sometimes, does not yield an experience of healing or change in any form. 

My belief is that, sometimes we go to the altar expecting a 'quick fix' or we present the symptoms, not realising that we need to deal with what's at the root of the problem (the spirit of disobedience).  By not addressing our need to turn it all over to Jesus; totally submitting our will to the will of God, we constantly return to the altar but have no experience of the joy that comes from total submission.

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