Peter

What do we do with our failures? Most of us carry the weight of past mistakes, wondering if we have disqualified ourselves from being used by God. This message takes us into one of the most tender and transformative moments in all of Scripture, found in John 21, where Jesus meets Peter beside a charcoal fire after Peter's devastating three-fold denial. The scene is rich with symbolism. The same fire that witnessed Peter's cowardice now becomes the setting for his restoration. Jesus does not lecture Peter or remind him of his failure. Instead, he asks a simple, penetrating question three times over, once for each denial, gently dismantling shame and rebuilding purpose. We see that human resolve, no matter how bold or sincere, is never enough on its own. Peter swore he would never abandon Jesus, and yet he did. What finally holds us together is not our determination but our love, and more importantly, the love that God has for us. The message is clear and deeply personal: failure is an event, not a person. Yesterday ended last night. And the same Jesus who restored Peter is calling each of us forward with the same words he spoke to Peter at the very beginning of his journey: follow me.