Faith comes because God creates it.
Hmm. Ok. Does God choose to give this faith to some and withhold it from others - before we/they are born?
Sometimes He has to work to convince.
Hard, easy, that's just a dance isn't it? The outcome is the same either way, yes?
The idea of "convince" becomes moot here. They get the faith and the grace, it's all irresistable - no matter what, yes?
That God brings faith doesn't mean we're robots.
That we have no choice or our choices do not matter, or our choices are all predetermined before we're born - that makes us robots.
You won't find that he has much choice in the matter.
Our choices are for sin. We in ourselves are against God. So they matter, yes.
But due to God's grace which was in operation even before the foundation of the earth (Eph 1:8) we are steered to a different path.