I recently heard this metaphor for faith that I found helpful; perhaps you will too. 

A default is the pre-designed setting used by a computer program or app when the user specifies no alternative. When you buy a new computer, program, or app for your phone, it comes with preselected options for every user. If you want your device to do something different, you have to go into the settings and change the defaults, in essence reprogramming it.

Throughout your years of development, you became programmed with personal default settings. Because of your genetics, experiences, teaching, and even trauma, you have acquired regular ways to handle the issues in your life. Some of you get angry, others withdraw, and still some blame others when you encounter failure. Some of you default to guilt, while others are full of appreciation during your experiences. 

One of the challenges of faith is to change your default settings to what God desires for you, to bring your actions and feelings in line with his word rather than our past. The things of God are rarely natural to us, and we must reprogram our hearts and minds to match his will. 

On your journey of faith, one valid question is, “What are my default settings?” And then follow that question with, “How can I make my defaults Christlike?”