Why shouldn't I ask God why He made me the way I am?
We should not ask God why He made us as we are because He is sovereign and created each person for His purpose. Complaining about our looks, abilities, gifts, or wealth is not our prerogative; we are to accept what we are as we are, recognizing God as the potter with control over the clay.
Les explains that the struggle with why God made us as we are ends when we see that all we're dealing with is a sovereign God—a sovereign God who deals in mercy, which we appropriate by His unmerited favor, His grace. Therefore, we don't have to struggle and say, like Paul, 'Why did you make me the way I am?' Because He's sovereign, absolutely He made me the way I am. Les teaches that we should never complain to God about how we look or how we are physically put together, for that is not our prerogative. God made us the way we are for His purpose, and we are to accept what we are as we are. The same applies to our gifts and talents: we shouldn't complain, 'Why didn't you give me this gift?' or 'Why didn't you let me sing like that person?' God is sovereign. It also applies to wealth and other things—if we ask why we aren't wealthy, it may not be His will for us to have wealth. The key is to realize He's the potter, He has control of the clay.
Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?