After David already had strong hints of what his future was to be about, and even had a good dose of early success, he was driven away by the jealousy of others into poverty and years of feeling fruitless.

Has your friend, or is your friend, in a place in their life where they feel fruitless? Do they need your encouragement to understand that everyone is led by God at some time into a period of relative fruitlessness, for the purpose of purifying motives and testing their resolve?

Pray for them if they are in a time like this. Offered them your encouragement in whatever way you can.

• For an introduction to this Prayer Challenge go here.

• For other day’s meditations go here.

• For the teaching leading up to this Prayer Challenge see the “Why On Earth: David, calling and the pursuit of God” series.