The other posts have given you some really great, accurate discussion of Macbeth, the witches, and this scene. I'd like to add just one more idea to their already tasty mix--Macbeth as a target.
This position assumes the witches know what they're doing and deliberately seek out Macbeth in order to further his destruction. While they demonstrate no "real" power in this scene (except, perhaps, their disappearance, which can be explained by the weather and their surroundings), they do use the power of suggestion to lure Macbeth into a web of ambition and murder.
They may wish for Duncan's death, or Macbeth's demise, or chaos in the country caused by the death of a king; in any case, though, they appear to have chosen Macbeth as the agent by which their desired change will happen.
It works. He is their target; and, since all those things happen, their aim is true.
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