傑凱討厭上學。他不喜歡代數、文法及化學，但他喜歡蓋房子。傑凱的父親會在傑凱放暑假時，帶他一起去工作，而他總是樂此不疲。雖然他只有16歲，但卻熟悉水泥磚瓦，也知道如何砌牆。學校和建築工地有何區別？區別在於愛。傑凱不愛上學但熱愛建築，而這份愛激發他學習了許多有關建築的知識。

身為基督徒，我們要「愛真理」（帖撒羅尼迦後書2章10節）。保羅指出，「不法的人」會用撒但的伎倆「行各樣的異能、神蹟」，欺騙「那沉淪的人」（9-10節）。他們為何會沉淪呢？「因他們不領受愛真理的心，使他們得救」（10節）。他們不愛慕真理，而無法認識真理，以致受人欺騙（11節）。

我們有哪方面的知識？這取決於一個關鍵的問題：我們愛慕什麼？我們的熱忱會影響我們心之所向，左右我們的思想。我們所愛的，我們會看重、保護，且想獲得更多。若我們愛慕真理和智慧，就會熱切尋求，像尋找珍貴的金子一樣（箴言3章13-14節，4章7-9節）。真理和智慧能保護我們，正如4章6節說：「不可離棄智慧，智慧就護衛你；要愛她，她就保守你。」

何謂真智慧？耶穌就是真智慧，祂說：「我就是道路、真理、生命」（約翰福音14章6節）。我們要思考一個最重要的問題：我們愛誰？你若愛耶穌就會學習祂的道。祂會引導你認識真理，保守你的生命。

Jack hates school. The lectures on algebra, grammar, and the periodic table bore him. But he loves building houses. His father takes him to work in the summer, and Jack can’t get enough. He’s only sixteen, but he knows about cement, shingles, and how to frame a wall. What’s the difference between school and construction? Love. Jack loves one and not the other. His love fuels knowledge.

As believers in Jesus, we’re to “love the truth” (2 Thessalonians 2:10). Paul says a satanic figure will use “signs and wonders” (v. 9) to deceive “those who are perishing” (v. 10). Why are they perishing? “They refused to love the truth and so be saved” (v. 10). Their failure to love the truth blinds them from knowing it. They’ll be duped (v. 11).

What do we know? That important question depends on a more basic one: What do we love? Our passions incline our heart and direct our mind. We cherish what we love. We protect it and seek more of it. If we love truth and wisdom, we’ll search for them as precious gold (Proverbs 3:13-14; 4:7-9). They’ll guard us. “Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you” (4:6).

What is true wisdom? Jesus says it’s Him. “I am the way and the truth and the life” (John 14:6). Our most important question is who do we love? Love Jesus and you’ll learn His way. He’ll guard your life by guiding you into His truth.