Arrows Fall Short Without A Bow

# 24 – Today's Du-votional comes from 1Sa 2:4,5 "The bows of the mighty men are broken, And those who stumbled are girded with strength. 5 Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, And the hungry have ceased to hunger. Even the barren has borne seven, And she who has many children has become feeble. (1 Sa 2:4,5) Hannah continues her prayerful diatribe against her rival Penninah. At first glance this seems rather mean-spirited to us. But as I read this prayer and the imprecatory psalms where David is praying against his enemies, I like to look at their prayers as a foreshadowing of the reality of the battle between God's children and the devil and his demons. (Again, we do not wrestle against flesh and blood) Here's the reality of those who have received Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. “The bows of the mighty men are broken,” (without bows, the arrows of the accusations of the evil one cannot reach to the ears of God.) “And those who stumbled are girded with strength.” The word stumbled here means to totter, to fall, to become weak. This describes our condition as we come to the end of ourselves and turn to Jesus. It is when we rely on Him that we are girded with strength. As it is written in 2Co 12:9a, “My strength is made perfect in weakness." “Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, And the hungry have ceased to hunger. (The devil and his demons who were having their way with the unbeliever, suddenly find slim pickings, and the one who has turned to Christ, is full and satisfied with the peace of forgiveness and the fruit of the Spirit. (love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.” (Gal 5:22,23) “Even the barren has borne seven, And she who has many children has become feeble.” Finally, the believer lives a fruitful life in God's Kingdom, and the devil and his demons will decrease in strength. They become feeble because the believers sins have been washed away and since they live to forever accuse the brethren, they have nothing left to feed on.