Beloved

Reading in 1 Sam 16.13 this morning where the reader is introduced to David. It's a fascinating scene where Jesse brings his sons before Samuel one by one and the Lord says "no, that is not my anointed." Finally, they go out and get his youngest who is tending the sheep. This is God's anointed. His name is David. David means "beloved."

We see God's providence here. Jesse named the boy, not God. Presumably because he was a "beloved son." In God's providential ordering of things, Jesse's beloved son is God's beloved and a man who will become the OT type of the coming Messiah.