How can we give what we don't (know we) have?

Apostle Paul: "I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height — to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God." (Eph 3:14-19)

Apostle John: "In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another." (1 John 4:9-11)

Artist Tony Vincent: "I can't make You love me more; No matter how I try; Your grace alone can justify; That kind of love just mystifies... I can't make You love me more; Can't impress You with my deeds; I can't make You love me less; That kind of love is what I need." (Song: Out of My Hands).

In the process of going through some of my notes-to-self from June, I saw that I had referred myself to a Growing in Grace program, "Rooted and Grounded in Love," in which my friend and cohost Mike Kapler had said the following:

"If I haven't received an abundance of finances... I can't give a lot of money. If I haven't understood, or received, the love that God has for me - His unconditional love - how can I love others unconditionally, if I haven't yet understood what it's like to be loved unconditionally?"

The truth is, we do have the love of God, and we are in the unconditional love and grace of God! It's true, whether we comprehend it or acknowledge it or realize it or not! But... if we don't know it - if we're not rooted and grounded and established in it, and if we don't really know and understand how much God loves us - the width, the length, the depth, the height - of God's love... if we don't know that ourselves, then how can we give it?

If we don't truly know God's love, then Paul's prayer is a good one to pray for ourselves and for others. Forget trying to conform to a certain lifestyle or Christlikeness. How's that even possible if you don't know His love? God, let us know the width, the length, the depth, the height of your love!