16/11/2025 - Matthew Destry

Main text: Psalm 73:12-17 (ESV)

Behold, these are the wicked; always at ease, they increase in riches.

All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence.

For all the day long I have been stricken and rebuked every morning.

If I had said, “I will speak thus,” I would have betrayed the generation of your children.

But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task,

until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I discerned their end.

Reflection: the slow way to wisdom

Because reflection is how we see what’s really going on

Practices for the road

Reflection isn’t passive; it’s a posture we can practise. The Psalms are full of it: “I remember,” “I meditate,” “I consider,” “I ponder.” Each word invites us to walk, not drive.

1. Reflection helps us discern and decide.
2. Reflection helps us judge rightly.
3. Reflection keeps our hearts sweet.
4. Reflection deepens our affection for God.

Now, Practising reflection in our season

Ask:

• Where did I see God this year?
• What did I learn through joy? Through pain?
• What’s still unresolved in my heart that I can bring into His presence?

Blaise Pascal said, “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”

Closing prayer:

Lord, teach us to walk slowly.

Give us hearts that listen deeply.

Show us the treasure You’ve hidden in this season, and let reflection lead us to worship.