1 Samuel 16:11 Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your sons here?” And he said, “There remains yet the youngest, but he is keeping the sheep.”

One of Jesse’s sons was destined to be the next king of Israel. Surely not David, he must have thought, the shepherd boy, the smallest and youngest. But God saw a mighty ruler and strong warrior out there in the pasture. God saw in David a shepherd for his chosen people.