Hi guys! My name is Morgan Brown and I am a junior at the University of Tennessee, and I would love to share a little bit of my story.
A huge part of my testimony is Jesus rescuing me from fear and doubt. It began in middle school when I began to question my own salvation (which I had experienced at age 7 or 8). For years I struggled with whether I truly had a relationship with God or not. My sophomore year of high school at a summer church camp, which I walked into super expectantly, Jesus showed up and He drew me in. I finally surrendered all to Him and things began to drastically change in my life. From then on out, my identity became and remained a daughter of the King.
But just because I have Jesus now does not mean my identity is not threatened by worldly things all the time. Even since my surrender, worldly things tend cause me to loosen my grip on my real identity… Like grades, relationships, and artistic ability. Sometimes I try to find my identity in a girl who “makes good grades” or “has great friends” or “can letter and paint.” But these things can, and will fade away or shatter in a moment.
Instead, I’ve got to focus on my identity as a woman of God. None of these things that I mentioned are bad things in and of themselves, in fact these are good things that can glorify Jesus. But they just don’t define who I am. I will always have things that will threaten my Daughter identity— but I have to make a conscious effort to fight the good fight of faith (2 Timothy 4:7) and surrender even my blessings to Jesus every single day.