The maths of grace

Dear friend.

There is something quietly relentless about guilt. It doesn’t just arrive once. It comes back a specific number of times. Three times you had the chance. Three times you didn’t take it. And that number sits somewhere inside you, not loud - just there.

I’ve been thinking about Peter this week.

You know the story. Three times around a charcoal fire in the courtyard, he said he didn’t know Jesus. Three times he walked a little further from the person he loved most.

And then - after the resurrection - Jesus meets him on a beach. And he doesn’t offer a warm, vague “all is forgiven.” He asks Peter a question three times. Same number. Same fire. John tells us it was a charcoal fire that morning, and the only other charcoal fire in the whole gospel is the one in the courtyard where Peter fell. John isn’t being clumsy. He’s being deliberate.

Jesus brings Peter back to the fire - not to humiliate him, but to heal him.

Three denials. Three questions. The maths of grace.

What strikes me most is that God doesn’t erase the past. He redeems it. He walks back into it with us and turns it into something new.

There’s a moment in today’s devotional where I invite you to do something simple - just name the specific thing you carry. Not fix it. Just name it. And let him meet you there.

That’s enough.

I’d love for you to watch the full video here:

With you by the fire.

Rob

Read this week’s devotionals here - https://open.substack.com/pub/battledrilldevotional/p/have-you-ever-felt-like-youve-blown?r=643q6o&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true