The Lord promised us that we would always have the poor with us. I believe this is because He has given us the poor as a tremendous blessing  - a gift, for they provide us with an opportunity to love as He loves. Did He not do as He instructed the rich, young ruler to do? Did He not give all He had to the poor? Even His very life? Compared to God, we are all extremely poor. Yet, it is His good pleasure to give us His Kingdom  - and all the wealth therein. Dominion,  power, authority,  healing - all are ours! Can we do no less? We should give to and bless the poor at every opportunity. 

Do not despise the poor, for they are truly one of the biggest blessings God has placed in our lives. We are all placed in each other's lives to bless each other. God will place a rich person in a poor one's life to be a blessing to them, and too, He will place a poor man in a rich man's life to be a blessing to him. He will also place an enemy in our life to bless us - as well as place us in an enemy's life to bless them. In this way, all things, all people,  all relationships, truly wirk together for our good, amen!