Faith is an act that catches up the entire personality.
This is not faith, but acquiescence, a submission that we would not make were we genuinely free of constraint and social pressures pushing us to do the bidding of another. In this vein, notice that we may comply with demands simply out of habit or unconscious conformity. To grasp the essence of faith, it is necessary to look within and realize that choice and volition always come before we put our hands into action. Faith becomes act when it arises freely from the will, when it is chosen. The will is preface to action.