BECAUSE of God's concern for the poor, He has always commanded His people to have that same concern.
While the Jews were to remember their slavery years in Egypt, so they could empathize with other's suffering, perhaps we could remember the Depression years. Our family, for some time, had only five dollars a week for groceries for five people. There was no way we could buy another sack of food for the Children's Home. But mother found a way. She canned vegetables and fruits for a neighbor. Her pay was half of the canned foods. When the truck came by the church building to pick up donations, there was a sack full of mother's canned goods. And when we were given stamps for food, weekly, the meat was always a ham. Mother made a large pot of soup with the bone and some meat to share with the poor neighbor with twelve children.
Sharing blessings with the needy not only provides for physical needs, but also shows God's desire to care for them. Our concern is because of Him. God gets the glory.