EVERYTHING that is of nature must give place to Christ, that He may have His true and proper place in our hearts. Not one scrap of the old creation is fit for, nor could find a place or corner in, the new. Old things are passed, all things are new there, in the sphere where He has formed everything to meet His own heart's need.
We often speak of "suitability to Christ" in a very light way here. He has everything suitable to Himself there; it could not be otherwise, in a sphere where He is everything,—the Light, the Glory; He is the center of it, and fills every corner.
If your heart is not satisfied with Christ now, you have not yet learned, nor even thought of, what the new creation is to be. He fills it. Are you at all prepared for that? Have you tried to have nothing but Christ here for one day? for one week? What was the result? You found perhaps that you were incapable of enjoying Him thus; it was too much for you, and so you tried to fill up the little corners with something,—your husband, your children, your comforts, your refinements, your tastes. None of these will be taken into the new creation; it will be the perfection of everything; and you will be perfectly suited for it, and suitable to the One who has formed you for His own heart. There is no love without disappointment here; it is the very character of the old creation; but in the new the word knows no place. Satisfaction in every detail, and perfect occupation with the One who fills it and takes me up to enjoy it with Himself.
It is all so simple, when one gets a sight of it, one has nothing to say but accept it and rejoice. It is God's portion for me. K.