Becoming a believer is not dependent on human wisdom or strength. It does not rely on your background or your family connections or where in the world you were born. It is not dependent on a feeling you had at an evangelistic meeting, or your good deeds, or your current experience of living a successful Christian life (however you try to measure success). No. God chose! … All the initiative in becoming a believer was down to God. God decreed, ‘That person will become a believer,’ and by whatever mechanism he chose for us to hear and respond to the good news, we did. He set his grace upon us when we were his enemies, and that grace invincibly came through for us.

Marcus Honeysett

Source: Marcus Honeysett, Finding Joy, p.102