Habakkuk, in the seventh century, said God was answering yes to every plea for an increased faith. He asked us to look at the proud, and notice that they had everything in the world except that gift, that willingness to put their hearts in another place, on a more solid foundation. To have faith is to hold something firmly, or to put your trust in something or, in fact, someone . It's implied in the Bible that this steadfastness is sought in the object believed, and that if you can lay hold of that object, you yourself become steadfast in faith. The action involves an internal commitment.
Faith is an open invitation.
Your response is to commit to shaping your life on its object. When he finished, he went to the spell-check feature. His reflection on that was that the spell check was right. The truth is that Jesus Christ does not exist for you until you put him in the data bank, and in the collection of gyroscopic inner truths you can draw on for solid direction. But the righteous live by faith.