From within. It may well have been God working in my life and heart. But He wants everyone to be saved. He does the same thing for anyone.
So you used YOUR mind and strength to muster up the desire.
Rom 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Yes. Our Faith is ACTIVATED by the hearing of the Word. Here is the Greek word "cometh":
◄ 1537. ek or ex
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Usage: from out, out from among, from, suggesting
from the interior outwards.
So the question remains. WHO put that Faith in the interior of our heart and mind?
I'll just tell ya the answer. God did!!! Praise His Holy Name!
Here's Paul telling us just that:
Ephesians 2:8-9
New King James Version
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith,
and that not of yourselves;
it is the
gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.
Not all have that saving Faith. We know this because not all obey the Gospel.
It wasn't YOUR intelligence, or reasoning ability, or morality, or anything else that made you believe. It was the Faith that GOD GIFTED YOU!
Ask yourself WHY you believe. IT ALL CAME FROM GOD.