Deuteronomy 15:7-11 (ESV Strong's)
“If among you, one of your brothers should become poor, in any of your towns within your land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother, but you shall open your hand to him and lend him sufficient for his need, whatever it may be. Take care lest there be an unworthy thought in your heart and you say, ‘The seventh year, the year of release is near,’ and your eye look grudgingly on your poor brother, and you give him nothing, and he cry to the Lord against you, and you be guilty of sin. You shall give to him freely, and your heart shall not be grudging when you give to him, because for this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake. For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, ‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.’
Give to the Needy
“For there will never cease to be poor in the land.” - we ought to remember that verse and keep it close. It is doubtful anyone ever had that portion of this text tattooed on their arm or chest. God has placed the poor in the land:
Proverbs 22:2 (ESV Strong's)
The rich and the poor meet together;
the Lord is the Maker of them all.
He has put them in the land for those He has blessed to care for. This is the point of the above text. It needs little explanation. God makes those that are rich and those that are poor. He is the maker of them all. He causes them to meet so that the blessings bestowed upon the rich can be given to the poor. This is a picture of God’s grace to us. We have been given the riches of His grace that we might give them (through the message of the Gospel) to the poor.
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