On why to be a Christian

I've heard many reasons for people being Christians. My own reason came about because of God's never-ending love for me and his incredible ability to speak to me at just the right time. Other fascinating reasons have to do with drug addictions, logical deductions, or even just one significant person mentioning a church somewhere or a youth group elsewhere.
One thing I would like to tell all to-be Christians and even some people who know the faith but maybe don't have the personal relationship with Christ for one reason or another: do not take it on unless you know it is your decision, that you have examined everything you need to and despite some small doubt some fearful person gave you, you have decided for yourself that Christ is your savior.
Some might ask why I, a professing Christian and as such someone who wants to spread the gospel as much as possible, would want to tell people to question their initiation to faith. The reason for this is that people who come to faith just because it's a social thing to do are not typically in the habit of sticking to the faith when the going gets tough.
Whatever your reason for believing (or not, if that's the case), please ask yourself if it is based in some form of social pressure, because at some point in everyone's faith they are put to the test, and you, not your friends or your parents or your pastor, will have to get through that test, and if your faith is based on anything but Christ and the relationship you have with Him, you will find the test easier to give up on than you could have possibly expected.