“Why have you come down here? And with whom did you leave those few sheep?” ’ (17:28). God saw things differently from Jesse and his older sons. Shepherding is a vital task in God’s eyes. A shepherd shows the tenderness of his heart as he cares for the sheep. Isaiah describes the Sovereign Lord coming with power, as one who ‘tends his flock like a shepherd: he gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young’ (Isaiah 40:11). Right at the very