After Peter's denial of Jesus in John 13, the readers are left with a discouraged, crushed disciple who needs to be redeemed and restored to be commissioned to do the Lord's work as a prominent leader in the early church movement. John records this beautiful scene of Jesus redeeming and restoring Peter for glorious purpose--something worth giving your life for--something worth pursuing with every ounce of energy, time, and resource given to you. This glorious purpose; a life worth living, teeming with significance is a gift that Jesus gives to Peter, and it is a gift that he gives us as well. After being redeemed from being an utter failure to a child of God, there's nothing worse than returning to living aimlessly and in utter meaninglessness. Jesus saves us from that and calls us to redeem the time to follow him faithfully. This is true living; a truly redeemed life in Christ.