He didn't ask for an explanation. He asked one question.

There’s a moment in John 21 that, having preached on it today, I can’t quite shake off.

Peter has denied Jesus three times. He’s gone back to fishing — probably because he doesn’t know what else to do when the thing you were meant to be has slipped through your fingers. And then Jesus appears on the beach. He lights a fire. He makes breakfast. And then, quietly, he asks a question.

Not: what on earth were you thinking? Not: let’s go through what happened, shall we?

Just: do you love me?

This Sunday at Maidenhead Salvation Army, we spent time in John 21:15-19 — the beach conversation that I think is one of the most tender, most precise, most hope-filled passages in all of Scripture.

We looked at how Peter’s wrong priorities led him to his famous failure, how Jesus’ response wasn’t a lecture but a restoration, and what it actually means to be forgiven and called in the same breath.

Key takeaway: Failure is never final with God. The same Jesus who restored Peter is asking you and me the same question today — not to examine the condition of your heart, but because he already knows the answer, and he wants to harness your love for something extraordinary.

🎬 Watch the full sermon here:

And starting tomorrow, the Battle Drill Daily Devotional channel will be spending seven days going much deeper into this beach scene — things like why Jesus lit a charcoal fire, why he asked the same question three times, and what it means to hear him say your name.

If you know someone who needs a bit of hope this week, please do share this with them. It costs nothing. It might mean more than you know.

Rob