Amen! Great post. Scripture is filled with instruction that clearly gives us the path of our faith -- from God to us. We don't reach up to God. God reached down to us and quickened us by His Spirit. He gave us a new heart, turned our eyes from the darkness to the light, opened our ears to His word, and cleansed us of our sins by the sacrifice of His Son.
"Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you." -- John 15:16"Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee" -- Psalm 65:4
He got it.
But don't tell anyone that truth, it's a secret.
Soli Deo Gloria