“because I am sure of this, that the heart is so corrupt, naturally, that love to God never did get there without God’s putting it there.” You may rest quite certain, that if you love God, it is a fruit, and not a root. It is the fruit of God’s love to you, and did not get there by the force of any goodness in you. You may conclude, with absolute certainty, that God loves you if you love God.” (http://sovereigngraceministries.com/blog)

Have you thought about it this way: that your ability to love God is the fruit of God’s love to you in the first place. blessed assurance, Jesus is mine.