Words can stick with us. Sometimes for years. Someone says something hurtful, and it changes the way we see ourselves.
David knew that feeling. To his brothers, he was just the kid who watched the sheep. But God didn’t see “just a shepherd.” God saw a king.
That’s a good reminder for me not to let other people’s words - or even my current circumstances - define who I am. Only God gets to do that.
And here’s what He says in 1 Peter 2:9: "But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light."
So let that be the voice that shapes your identity today.