This is a wonder message. Even Jesus said the poor you will always have with you and nothing could be truer. Famine, disease, displacement and heart break are the portion in life of so many. They have no allotment of land or in kind; therefore it does matter that society, namely the church should look after them. The God of the Hebrews wanted to give abundantly so that those who received could give generously to the poor and needy. God was taking care of the neglected in this new land they were to enter.
The blessing of helping others is no less important today. In a wealthy country there is still the foreigner, the fatherless, the widow and often the preacher to help out. No matter in which country we live there is always someone on the edge of a happy life; someone, somewhere is going to be marginalised.