Being a Christian entails practicing a great deal of humility. We should be careful, however, to not let our humility to cause us to neglect our commitment to ourselves. You are important! God has a plan and reward for you! Jesus is in heaven now preparing a place for you! Christians have a vital role in the Lord's church that, unfulfilled, will result in ruin. Don't allow Satan to tell you that you are insignificant and cannot have an impact.

"Because" statement for being committed to ourselves

1. Because we were made in the image of God and should thus live.

2. Because we can best assist the people around us if we are in a position of strength to do so. 

3. Because you are the only one who can control your destiny.

4. Because you are needed by the church to reach its goal.

Because statements, deeper dive

1. We were made in the image of God and should thus live.

Genesis 1:26

Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."During creation God gave man blessing of being made in a Godly image. This blessing comes with the responsibility of turning our commitment back to God's service.

2. We can best assist the people around us if we are in a position of strength to do so. This starts with being committed to ourselves to get strong.

Romans 15:1

Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of those without strength and not just please ourselves. Have you ever been on an airplane and heard the speech about what to do if the oxygen masks drop down? The strong (adults) must out on their masks first, and then help the weak 

(children/those with disabilities).

3. Because you are the only one who can control your destiny.

a. Moses asked who would stand for the Lord and the Levi tribe came forward. What would we do in the same situation?

Ex 32:26

Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, "Whoever is for the Lord, come to me!" And all the sons of Levi gathered together to him.

b. There is a chose you have to make. Not making a chose is a chose.

Josh 24:15

If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we 

will serve the Lord."