Lord, I don't get it!

When was the last time you sent a text message or received an email that was taken the wrong way? It is easy to mis-communicate the written word. Tone and intention cannot always be transferred. Here's what I mean: In a text, my future son-in-law, Nate, asked my advice about a purchase he was about to make. He did not know, but I was in the doctor's office awaiting the orders for my younger daughter to have a STAT CT scan. In haste, my text back said something like, "You should wait." He did not ask me if I thought he should buy it. He asked how to buy it. Therefore, my text opened up a mile long list of questions in his mind. On top of that, the urgency of the situation at the doctor's office caused me to drop out of the conversation. Nate thought I was angry about his desire to make the purchase. In reality, I thought that if he let some people know about his need, someone would have one that they would give him or sell him for little cost. None of what I was trying to say communicated in the text I sent. I had to explain it all later. As it turned out, Nate's mom had exactly what he needed.
I discovered recently that Paul, Silas, and Timothy had a similar communication problem with the church at Thessalonica. Thus, a second letter to the Thessalonians had to be written to clear things up. "In his first letter, Paul explained that Christ could return at any moment, but apparently some believers misunderstood this to mean that they should stop working and simply wait for Christ to come back."~NLT Bible.
2Thes. 2:1 says,
Now, dear brothers and sisters, let us clarify some things about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and how we will be gathered to meet him.
And  2:5 states,
Don’t you remember that I told you about all this when I was with you?
2:15 goes on to say,
With all these things in mind, dear brothers and sisters, stand firm and keep a strong grip on the teaching we passed on to you both in person and by letter.
And then, 3:5
May the Lord lead your hearts into a full understanding and expression of the love of God and the patient endurance that comes from Christ.
Can you think of a time when you read something in the Bible and did not understand it? We've all had times when like these people, we just did not get it. We need to be faithful each time we delve into His Word to ask the Holy Spirit to give us insight and wisdom regarding what we are reading. Ask Him to give clarity and answer your questions. He wants us to know Him and to know about Him. He will be faithful to answer our prayer.