“Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy” (Matthew 5:7). Perhaps it’s never clicked for you until now, but Jesus isn’t lying in the above statement.

David’s story is a masterclass in the character attribute of mercy.

From the time of his youth, he was deemed a “man after God’s own heart.” He was stubborn and snarky, but he was GOOD. The goodness—in Hebrew, it’s this word TOV—the TOV circulating within him, propelled David from shepherd, to warrior, to commander, to King.