happy, shiney playdough people

The image is well-known and well-used:
We are clay, God is the potter, he does what he does we have no say...that's how it's preached.

Then people hem and haw and most often complain "oh it's not fun being mushed!"

...why this response?

Because we like what we make of ourselves, not what God does and this funny because the Bible says that we make a mess our ourselves and only God can make us beautiful!

"What I’m getting at, friends, is that you should simply keep on doing what you’ve done from the beginning. When I was living among you, you lived in responsive obedience. Now that I’m separated from you, keep it up. Better yet, redouble your efforts. Be energetic in your life of salvation, reverent and sensitive before God. That energy is God’s energy, an energy deep within you, God himself willing and working at what will give him the most pleasure."

God tells us to cheerfully respond to his work in and through us. We are his for him to use for his glory. Be happy when things change! God is bringing you to a new place, to a new level of trust, to a new expression of him. 

Don't be afraid. 

He has good plans for you. Plans to bless you, not harm you. 

The NIV states in Philippians 2:12ff that we are called to work out our own salvation with "fear and trembling"...what God is getting at is that He saved us into a new life, come under his headship, and live out who he has made you to be...free, loved, redeemed, eternal people. 

To God be the Glory!
amen, and amen!