Strength Through Weakness

The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him; But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob, from thence (is), the shepherd, the stone of Israel. Gen. 49:23, 24 His bow abode in strength! Unharmed and victorious stands the Church of God in the midst of fierce conflict. For, surely, "the archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him, but his bow abode in strength." The metaphor of...