JONATHAN SMITH

Role - Campus Staff (UCF)

Hometown - Lake City, FL

Why was God going to keep me around if I was going to be this miserable? I asked myself this question when I was at the lowest point of my life. Thankfully, I was raised by two wonderful, Christ-following parents who constantly led me to the watering hole when it came to Christ. I knew they wanted the best for me and provided all they had. Due to this, I couldn’t blame my unsatisfied state on anyone else but me and the fact that I was relying on myself to win at life. I desperately wanted the approval of my parents, friends, and girls but I just couldn't succeed. After God moved me to a place of great need He slowly revealed to me the immense vacuum of a hole inside me that couldn't be filled by His creation. It needed something grander, and that could only be Him. Through His wooing and faithful men from Campus Outreach involving themselves in my life, I saw my sin and need for Him and was finally able to be in awe of Him. I want to spend my life having fun and displaying Him within the cool opportunities He has provided me.