Do You Love Me?

When Peter denied Jesus, the smell of a charcoal fire became the backdrop of his greatest failure. But in John 21, the risen Jesus met Peter at another fire—not to condemn him, but to restore him. Three times Jesus asked, “Do you love me?” covering Peter’s denials with grace, redefining his identity, and commissioning him into a new future. This message reminds us that Jesus meets us at the fire of our failure with a question of love that restores our past, defines our present, and directs our future.