"Getting Formed"

"O Come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker." (Psalms 95:6)
If there is one thing that makes us fit for the Kingdom of God, it's letting God form us into the image of His Son. That's really what we want, after all the other stuff is taken away, to be like Jesus; it's just a matter of getting rid of the lumps and pockets of air, and anything else in there. God is more than willing to work with us, as long as we are willing to surrender. You have really got to see this, because I am not sure there are enough words to describe the beauty of what God is showing me. There are two totally different kind of potters; there are those who know what the pot will look like when they have completed molding it, and there are those who form a pot to see what it becomes. Our God is the kind that knows what He is making! I cannot begin to describe what God is actually showing me, because it's like looking through layers upon layers of stained glass images and trying to make out one coherent image. But this much I know, the Bible tells us that God is doing a work in us; and it also tells us that He will complete that work in us; not only that, but the work will be good, from start to finish! (Philippians 1:6) Now that I know this, I can only imagine what the process might be to form such a good work, the Master Potter that He is! Sometimes this clay can get a little lumpy; sometimes this clay can squirm outside of center; but at all times, the Master Potter knows how to make it work! This is called the heart of worship; when we know what we are, we know who God is, and we realize how much that we need Him! We need to stop being foolish, and start being Fools for Christ! If there ever was such a thing as blind faith, then that's what it looks like. We are not blind of who it is that we put our trust in, but we are blind of where He will take us and how He will use us. God knows the look and the shape of the jar we will be, we don't; and no matter how hard we try to make ourselves to fit a certain mold or pattern, it is God's hands that are forming us into a particular image. Will my jar look perfect? Yes, I believe, based upon the word of God taken in complete harmony, that God's perfect work will be complete; when it's all said and done, there will be no regrets for all those that are His children...
""Sing, O childless woman, you who have never given birth! Break into loud and joyful song, O Jerusalem, you who have never been in labor. For the desolate woman now has more children than the woman who lives with her husband," says the LORD. "Enlarge your house; build an addition. Spread out your home, and spare no expense! For you will soon be bursting at the seams. Your descendants will occupy other nations and resettle the ruined cities. "Fear not; you will no longer live in shame. Don't be afraid; there is no more disgrace for you. You will no longer remember the shame of your youth and the sorrows of widowhood. For your Creator will be your husband; the LORD of Heaven's Armies is his name! He is your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, the God of all the earth. For the LORD has called you back from grief -as though you were a young wife abandoned by her husband," says you God. "For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will take you back. In a burst of anger I turned my face away for a little while. But with everlasting love I will have compassion on you," says the LORD, your Redeemer." (Isaiah 54:1-8) NLT