Brunner on free will

There is a tendency toward monergism in the thought of all the Reformers, due to their desire to protect the truth that God alone can pardon the sinner by His Grace, which, however, endangers the Biblical idea of Creation, and threatens to human freewill and responsibility. While here there is the danger of ignoring the relative independence of the creature, in the theology of the period of the Enlightenment, influenced by Deism, the opposite tendency predominated. Here creaturely independence was emphasized at the expense of permanent dependence on the Creator.—Emil Brunner, The Christian Doctrine of Creation and Redemption, 37

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In other words—ok, in my words!—it's all God's grace, all the time, which enables us to even see, let alone choose, our need for God. He, by the power of his Spirit, elevates/enables us to understand the things of God so that we can freely choose—or decline—his offer. But, as Augustine said, the Holy Spirit is the "hound of heaven" and will chase us to our dying day, continually offering us the option of embracing God and his love.
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